I'm missing only 2 achievements, 1 million parsecs and 10000 turns played. Could anyone check my current stats, thanks?

There is no option for that. The first time I see that. Weird...

Can't even get a win on newbie. I keep getting stuck blockading / trying to take over a single star system. Game says it will take 999 turns. even when i have 3 full fleets of tier 6 ships. So i sit and defend my empire , going up in research till maybe something will unlock that will let me take over a planet. Before i know it the enemy is spawning dozens of fleets at me even overwhelms my two choke points into my core system. I don't get this game. You win all the early fights but get stuck not being ab...

I can't queue anything in this game? No matter if I'm pressing Ctrl or Alt or whatever, the planetary project simply is replaced, not queued. I can queue a planetary and a system project an a ship. but no planetary builds. Search funtion in the tech tree seems not to do anything? I searched for a colonization tech. Used 'Tundra' 'Colonization' 'Colonize' as keywords - to no avail. Any advice?...

So, just starting the game. Again. First scouts encounter a multi-ship pirate fleet. No retreat option anywhere I can see. Dead. Tried avoiding them with second scout. Of course I encounter them again immediately. Again no retreat option. So, my fledgling brand new system will be obliterated by unbeatable pirates within 20 turns of new game???? Is this a special NORMAL level option? Just curious. Seems odd....