What am I doing wrong?
1) You started a while after De-Legro
2) De-Legro expanded aggressively, you didn't
Combined, it means he's quite far ahead of the rest of us. Most of his early colonies have maxed their population, which means he can pump out loads of arcs a turn. Yours look like they've got a few weeks of growth still to go until they can pump out an arc a turn. I'd guess that by the start of next month you'll be able to send out at least 15 arcs a turn. By the end of January, you could be sending out hundreds of arcs a turn.
