I'm missing only 2 achievements, 1 million parsecs and 10000 turns played. Could anyone check my current stats, thanks?

I still play this game off and on but the most annoying thing (still) about it is that friendly fleets can blockade your systems. It's ridiculous. Anyone you are at peace with should not be able to blockade planets owned by you. I'm playing a spiral galaxy, and got attacked by an AI. I massed my ships at my pinch point planet at the entrance to my wormhole and was all set to go invade his sprial arm and my long time buddy (peace/cooperation, not alliance). Sent a fleet to my pinch point and GUARDED it. ...

So after few tries on easy, getting the gist of the game, after considering myself worthy for normal difficulty... i noticed how quick other empires are to grow... and it's rather difficult for my relaxed chill casual playstyle. Then i checked C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Endless Space\Public\Simulation folder (Because i'm playing without expansion first - once i try all factions in base, then i'm gonna turn on expansion) and opened the GameDifficultyDescriptor.xml with notepad++... and s...

I'm down to three remaining hidden achievments; Endless Gamer (Play for 10000 turns), Are We There Yet? (Travel 100,000 parsecs in all games) and That Took How Many Parsecs? (Travel 1,000,000 parsecs in all games). Is there a way to track my current status towards earning these acheivements?...

Okay I must be doing something wrong. Mid to upper mid tech my BCs have like 600 bombardment but I also have some defensive and weapons on them so they can fight battles. I see enemy ships of smaller size with way more bombardment and it seems like even when I have, no really, like 40+ ships bombarding an enemy system it still takes me 8-14 rounds to take it. Are there some key techs, strats to ship building I am missing?? I use the extra tonnage mod. I haven't used fighters or bombers yet, didn't seem wor...