OK, so maybe I'm not a TOTAL noob, but there are some aspects of Sins I just dont understand. First off, just how much more damage does a unit thats good vs X do to unit X? 200% What it its shooting at unit Y? Will it do 100% or less?

Second, whats with culture? Last game I played a planet with 12 culture points spread its culture through an asteroid belt into an enemy planet with something like 5 culture. I would assume that since 12 is bigger than 5 it should go through the enemy planet and begin to damage alligence. Not so! What gives? 12 is even more than twice 5, so dont tell me you need THREE times the culture to begin to damage alligence!

Thrid, I heard somewhere that Vasari hull points are "worth more" than other races. That the Vasari have some sortof natural damage reduction or armor buffs or something. Is this true?

Thanks for your time, I look foreward to your replies!