[Slynky]

Originally posted by Lord Chane:
I don't mind either way either. I will say that I'm more in favor of swapping planets than I am of swapping ships. Exchanging planets seems more natural to me than exchanging ships. Races would naturaly tend to gravitate to planets that were good for them so it seems reasonable to me that several races working together would be willing to hand-off a planet more suited to their ally in exchange for like consideration. Ships seem more of a stretch. Races with perhaps wildy different physiologies, atmospheric requirements, mentalities, and design philosophies would seem ill suited to use each other's ships. But in the final analysis I don't care enough to take a stand one way or the other.

Again, reallistically speaking, I would tend to disagree. In an alliance, I think countrys (or empires) would tend to give away ships or trade ships much sooner than they would give a colony of their people (and have a colony containing another race given to them). I know if I was a member of a colony that was given to another empire, I'd be a bit upset. (well, of course, unless my leader was Saddam )