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29. I would never send a message, like "My awesome armadas are moving to your system XXX to grind it into dust! You're doomed, muawahahaha!", to my enemy before general attack. Those good rulers are sometime sly enough to disturb the best evil plan, so I won't give them an additional chance.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">30. For the sneakiest Evil overlords amongst you i would build a fleet of cheap 1 turn battle cruiser and amass them near a warp point. I would the send a message saying "My forces are preparing to wipe you out in the "xxx" system. We merely Await your demise!" Then upon when they attack said fleet and discover they were decoys i would send in my real nasty fleet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Corollary: IF you send such a message, make sure your armada of doom is heading to system YYY, while his fleets are massing to defend XXX, where a cloaked sun destroyer should be waiting for his day of glory.

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31. While allies can be useful at times, always remember: If they show the slightest sign of weakness, wipe their putrid stench from the galaxy. After all, they were just waiting for the opportunity to do the same to you.

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32. To prevent your enemies from discovering the location of your homeworld, put an innocuous looking "This storm appears to be opaque to most scanners" storm over it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Well it WOULD work, were scanners not so easy to research http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">LOL We have a 3 A http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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33. - Never underestimate the power of stellor manipulation. A good cloaked star killer parked in orbit around your enemies sun is worth a 100 ships on that systems Warp Point.

34. - A "explorer ship" is a prelued to an invasion fleet, destory any such ships that enter your space.

35. - Treaties are meant to be broken.

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36. A cloaked star kiler parked in orbit of you ally's sun is worth more than one around your enemy's

37. Obscuring storms are good places to build star bases and fleets. Especially if that storm is in an enemy's system.

38. Capturing and analyzing an enemy colony ship is cheaper than researching a new colony technology.

39. Having an enemy race that breaths the same atmosphere as you is a good excuse for jettisoning captured population in to space.

40. When you laugh, use your diaphragm. MUHAWHAWHAWHAW!! (and always use at least two exclamation points)

41. Make a ship set that's entirely black. (That's so evil it's cheating)

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46. I will always remember that obsurcing storms are useless against scanner technology and not base my entire strategy on my Fleet of Doom lurking invisible in one.

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42: I will acknowledge that there are actual threats which may be lurking in the least welcoming corners of space, waiting to endanger my Empire (and above all, my life). Therefore, I will set up a very tight blockade around any red nebulae which happens to be too close to my worlds for my liking. Mines and spy ships are to be deployed in the wormholes leading to such nebulaes, for there is no way of detecting an enemy ship in the mist of the interfeces of such systems. As soon as the technology is available, I am to close the wormholes leading to these awful systems, while keeping a close eye on any wormhole being opened directly to this nebulae.

43: I will remember that having too big an Empire is ground for being declared "Mega Evil Empire", especially if I am regarded as being a successful Evil Overlord. Therefore, I will do my best to hide the true strength of my Empire, while maintaining the façade of a peaceful and enlightened leader. Obviously, I will not appear as a weakling either, since I would then be a likely target for another would-be Overlord. If my Empire seems to be the most powerful in the galaxy, paranoia is the wisest course of action to take, as your allies might be plotting to bring you down as you are reading these lines.

44: If I ever happen to have the slightest doubt about something, don't. Only a lunatic Overlord would take any chance when it can be avoided by careful planning, and so I will gather the best intelligence available fore making any move. Thus I will create the Space Patrol to act as cannon-fodder and suicidal reconnaissance, and these bold scouts going where angels fear to tread will mostly be my too intelligent advisors and other threats to national security (and to my own hide, obviously).

45: Research will be my sole priority, for even vast numbers of ships will avail little if they cannot hit the enemy or do any significant damage. I will not consider giving my technology away to petty allies and cunning foes either, but instead I will do my best to find a weakling ruler willing to enter an unilateral technological exchange with my Empire. In exchange for my protection, this Empire will focus on specific areas for my exclusive benefit, areas not critical if possible. (It would not do, for example, if my partner decided to give away on a whim the secrets of the fabled Stellar Destruction device to my arch-nemesis)

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