Editing New Game (section)

===Starting Tech===

Allow to set the Empire's starting tech direction by assigning a number of tech points. The number of allocated points is based on Government Type and Trans-Newtonian Empire vs. Conventional Empire. '''Assign starting tech points automatically''' allows the user to automatically use the starting tech points to research tech, instead of manually specifying them once the game starts using SpaceMaster mode. That can be fun if you want to create a more challenging start where you have to cope with whatever tech you are given. '''Create ship systems and ship designs''' uses the AI ship design routines to come up with some pre-designed ships and systems for the player, to jump start the game a bit, and is only enabled if the former box is checked (and therefore there exists tech to base designs on).