1. When Impulse was in the file-extraction phase, you could see the numbers progressively & rapidly go up, until the process reached the target 358 (which had been indicated as such since the very beginning of the phase).
2a. Thanks ... but I'll stick with 1.004. I have yet to learn how to play beyond the basic tutorials, so the current 1.004 is fine with me.
2b. I'll have my hands full ... since I'm usually a snail-pace, turn-based-strategy micromanager. I'm currently "snailing" on the Space Empires V and Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI waters.