Well, I got about an hour-and-a-half into the tutorial before the oblique elements of the game convinced me I ought to take a break. Of course, I probably just need to know the right way to do things, so maybe this is the place to get some enlightenment.
First, is there a way to get ships out of the shipyard faster? 20 turns for a constructor seems a little unreasonable when constructors when starbasess seem to be vital for xeno-biology labs and mining. Of course, on top of that, I'm going to want to build ships for my fleet (which I can't build without certain elements, which means waiting on constructors).
Second, where is the actual fleet management? I lost track of a ship, and nothing in the interface would help me find it. Later still, I moved a fleet of two ships into a hex with two ships, and they did not form up into a four ship fleet. I have no idea why the heck not. Stacking limit, maybe?
Thanks!