You've reached the limits of any easy expansion. Any systems close enough to colonize are already occupied by these 'Empires'. Hopefully, none of them will decide to investigate these territories until you are ready for them.
The BLOBS (Who you never did find out what they looked like) say that they're content with an e-copy of your encyclopedia. You inform them that you will be sending a research ship to them in order to acquire information for the encyclopedia.
The development of a disease that only targets the NOT-BLOBS is in the works, though development towards the BLOBS will involve actually infecting one first. Your spores will take some time to arrive at their planet.
Work on researching quantum entanglement proceeds slowly. Namely, the problem is getting over the randomness of quantum states.
1 Carrier ship
- Very Slow
- Large
- Cloak
- Teleportation (5-6 ly)
- Laser point defences
-Worm torpedoes
Lots of fighters
- Very fast
- Limited cloak
- Laser weaponry
- Doubles as boarding crew
10 War crabs.
- Fast
- Medium Size
- Teleportation (5-6 ly) (Teleportation beacon included)
- Laser weaponry
- Powerful cutting claws
1 Carrier ship
- Very Slow
- Large
- Cloak
- Teleportation (5-6 ly)
- Laser point defences
-Worm torpedoes
Lots of fighters
- Very fast
- Limited cloak
- Laser weaponry
- Doubles as boarding crew
10 War crabs.
- Fast
- Medium Size
- Teleportation (5-6 ly) (Teleportation beacon included)
- Laser weaponry
- Powerful cutting claws
20 War crabs.
- Fast
- Medium Size
- Teleportation (5-6 ly) (Teleportation beacon included)
- Laser weaponry
- Powerful cutting claws
1 Encyclopedia Research ship.
- Slow
- Research ship.
- Teleportation (5-6 ly) (Teleportation beacon included)
Production: 34
Tribute: 0
Upkeep/communication: 11
Trade with the NOT-BLOBS: 0.5
Upkeep of Fleet 1: 6
Upkeep of Fleet 2: 6
Upkeep of Fleet 3: 6
Research: 4.5
Unused resources: 0