@will_doom1: No. Humans have harder-hitting weapons and mostly smaller ships than their alien counterparts. The alien Defender has 30 more shield than its counterpart, the Nymph, but that is to compensate for being a lot bigger and therefore easier to hit. Other than that, ships on either side have a ship on the other side with the exact same stats.
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