[@Skylar]
I think you should draw form your history. If you had a lot of military conflict in your development, you will likely take care to create sizable military before you venture out there, especially since the library itself is a proof that other life may be out there. My folks are hardly a good example - they are few, yes, but on the other hand they would have accounted for the need to scout out many systems fast to locate a new planet for them, so depending on how you look at it their fleet number might be either low OR high.

The other thing is the relic - if you have access to advanced military technology through it, you would be a fool not to use it. That is not to say that I will let you have everything the Humans ever knew of shipbuilding, that'd be too much.

I say make a bare-bones sheet, bullet points if you want to and pass it to me in a PM, or just send me some of your ideas, that's what a lot of the others did, and I'll tell you what I make of it.

As far as the relics go:
1) It's nice to be eco-frinedly but geothermal energy doesn't sound like something you'd particularly need a relic for to develop. Also, Ellri already called relic power supply. I'll make a list of what is already taken in post 2 I suppose. But long story short: Dream bigger! :D

2) Stick to one tech derived form one relic. Human self-repairing armor will pretty much act as armor and shield combined, I think that would be enough of a boost. Again, I don't think building big would need relic knowledge. Relic knowledge is needed for building [i]powerfull[/i]. As for gravity control, as said above: Gravity on ships for the crew, and small, localized applications that at the time have little to no purely military use. But for example my guys still need rotating bits or magnetic boots, and they're one of the smarter ones in the galaxy.

3) Perfectly acceptable, [i]maybe[/i] even in full working order, or at least some systems. It would only work on 'your half' of the galaxy, since FTL including communications doesn't currently work through the blue zone. If you want this one, then when I roll the dice on the starting systems and you'll know where you are, let's say I ask you to point to 1/3 of the systems on the map you would be able to get readings on immediately, and the rest as you repair it.

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