guard is suposed to be hard, its the hardest race to play, but gets easier with time, its also the racee that requires the most patience, I had a hard time when I first went guard but I turned to the best in the game and the best not in the game anymore { except loof, meh bows } ten colonies is fine.
guards have the most deadliest ships in the game, instead of worring about border space learn to use your neutrals better, be a full stacker and a spammer keep your enemy unawares of what you have.
I have seen the great guards in this game start at 1mill and go up to 100mill shredding the ranks as they go its actualy cool to watch Oo
hats off to agm { go into the sunset my friend and be remembered as one of the greatest guards in the game }