So i’m lucky to have a pretty regular group to play TI with and have a game coming up at the end of the month. Locked in Ghosts as my race pic to try out since it’s one of the few races i’ve never tried before. Anyone have any experience/advice with these guys?

For tech path, I've seen a pretty interesting move going into Assault Cannon. The Splicer is Red, so that helps. Maybe the Wormhole too (can't remember). This gives you both the Splicer damage and Assault Cannon damage when fighting on Wormholes. It was pretty annoying to sit next to.

It’s interesting you bringing that up, that’s exactly where my mind was going. It might be a bit ambitious tech wise, but I’m thinking of going assault cannon/upgraded PDS since PDS can fire through wormholes now

Also try to make sure, during galaxy creation, that you get an Alpha or Beta Wormhole next to the Creuss Gate. To increse your options about where to expand.

Get a flagship to gate to your planet closer to where you can react.