Hi! I have put a lot of hours into GalCiv3 with a friend and we are really enjoying it. There are some things that we still don't understand though that all felt too insignificant to make a post about on their own, so here's a whole list of them! Hope you don't mind 
1. Is it possible to change the direction a newly-built ship will exit the shipyard from? I'm sure it was possible in GalCiv2 but I can't find the button for it.
2. There's a specialisation technology that has you choose between "15% more manufacturing capacity" and "reduces manufacturing costs by 15%". What is the difference? Don't they both just make everything take 15% less time to build?
3. Is there a way to see you total logistics without first making a fleet?
4. Sometimes when you colonise a planet there is a 'trade resource' on it, does it give me the bonus passively or do I have to do anything with it? Since they are unique to one per player, should I always try to trade them away if I have more than 1? If I receive a trade resource in a trade, do I have to do anything with it or is it a passive bonus for 50 turns?
5. The noise telling you that your turn has started is extremely quiet, and seems to not play at all most of the time, both of us often don't realise that out turn has started because the only notification is the little 'wait' text in the bottom-right has lit up and changed a bit. Is there any way to make it more obvious when your turn has started?
6. On Windows 8.1 we both have a bug where the game icon isn't showing in the taskbar, does anyone know a possible fix?
I'd really appreciate any advice, thanks a lot!