BIF

Thank you for the input. Interesting logic, all. I don't mind having to transport the Galactic Citizen to a planet of my choosing. There's a reality there, and real risk too; I've lost a few to pirates. But yes, the Galactic Citizen always being born on the home planet seems not right. He/she should be able to be born on ANY planet in my civilization, maybe partly due to what's going on on that planet (lots of research, a real bang-up center for ship manufactur

They seem somewhat less beneficial than pre-Crusade.

I too am unlikely to go back to the old ways. I have a full time job so I can only explore the game a couple of hours on two or three nights each week and for some more hours on weekends. It will be months before I reach anything resembling a "level of expertise" with the Crusade elements. I liked GC3, but I think I like Crusade an order of magnitude more. At the same time, with SO many HUGE changes in the underlying mathematics, I feel lucky that I'm not angry with