I finally decide to play the game after having owned it all this time, and I am presented with a gamestoping bug after just a few missions (new install patched 1.4). Right after the Rebel mission in Freisa(sp?) to steal the X-Wing Prototypes, the fleet/ground forces that were engaged there became null and void (empty) I could see the Stealth symbol on the slot, but nothing was in it.

I ended up sending C3PO/R2D2 to investigate, and they too vanished which then made the game unprogressable since they can't steal tech in limbo.

Anyone know what the hell cause this to happen, so I can try not to do it again?! I would go friggin crazy if I have to keep redoing missions all the time because of this.

Golly this game is buggy! I keep encountering other game stopping bugs. My most recent was that I could not attack (even raids), nor could the AI seem to do anything. Our fleets would just stare at each other in the same System. http://home.houston.rr.com/vallore/8P.gif)

Well, now I save like a mad man. Every time I run into one of these problems now I always have a save game not far behind. Thankfully, loading these save games (even one just 10 seconds before the problem) does not reproduce the errors...I hope it stays that way.