@phenoix intellect and strength only change your attack as you can see on each ability, vitality changes amount of hp and speed detrmine how fast you can attack again and some bio ability uses it to depend damage (if you have really high speed you may attack 2 turns in a row)
@ga57ul: just use his healing against him with subversion or something that switches healing with damage.
@ricodicodasico: are you on challanging/heroic difficulty?
I didn't used the mic but anyway: nice trick with resetting position. still I prefer putting boundaries instead. When you hit another ship I think your health should go down, and when you die, the game just crashes instead of a game over screen.