[Loser]

You kinda can kidnap colonists. Make a big transport. Make it specifically a 'population transport'. Give it to the poor AI idiot.

The AI minister in charge of population and whatnot will then fill the ship with population, simply because the ship is there and that's what it is for. Then you attack the ship with a Ship Capture capable force. Now you have his kind of population. Blam.

Alternately, I believe you could wait for him to fill the ship, then offer him some really, really cool stuff for it in trade. You should be able to pull that one off without breaking treaty.

Does the AI still trade avidly for large hull ships with no components (other than the obligatory Bridge, Crew Quarters, and Life Support)?

So yeah, you can steal some AI pop now and than, I'm pretty sure.

[edit: The words 'bride' and 'bridge', while close in spelling, are quite different in meaning. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.]

[ May 05, 2003, 17:24: Message edited by: Loser ]