big problem

You didnt have enough money to pay off the upkeep.. Its a horrible thing. If you want to keep your 2 destroyers, you should create more commercial infrastructure and research it. your second option is to just dismantle it, but you wont have any more destroyers to protect you

Empire....if u are now in DP(U can check on the Empire Summary link - top left on your screen) disband those destroyers. This is done by going to `Manage Fleet` Press number 2 on your keybaord in that empty box. Now press disband.

Now go to manage conolies...u should have 2-4 planets listed...click on the bottom one which is your home world and start building `Commercial` Research commercial.

BUT BEFORE U DO ANY OF THIS. READ THE BLO OODY MANUAL AS ADVISED BEFORE. U shouldnt be out of newbie protection until u have researched for a few days.....yes i know its boring but do u want to play or just sit there and get your behind kicked??

READ THE MANUAL AT LEAST!!!

PB

The cost of each destroyer is around about 1000 apieace but it really depends on race and the destroyer higher upkeeps can cause cash to drained so you can build the ships but you have to make sure you can support there upkeep

you pay upkeep for every ship you have each turn, if your income is lesser than your upkeep you lose money.