I am still #13 out of 13 players. Hard to beat AIC with bonuses ! Poor Praetorians are #12 - Xi'Chung pounded them really hard. But the bloodshed inflicted by my weapon platformes should give Praetorians some breathing time.
I indeed do rather well in Science department:
My Pandorians have 120% intelligence, scientists culture and Temporal College on Homeworld (another 5% bonus
) Also, I shiped ~150M people to my first colony (the one which rebelled) and build 10 research expeditions. All things together, I feel pretty good abour my tech. levels. Oh, and remember Centaran I ruins !
It is minerals shortage that worries me. Dozen of starliners cost almost all my homeworld income in maintanence ! I must trade radio to minerals in 2:1 ratio with AI just to stay alive (they drive hard bargins
). But now, when my mighty fleet (all seven shiny destroeyers
) are dead, I can afford new construction.
Jraenars keep quite, thankfully. I have no real chance to defend Centarian II now
[ June 08, 2003, 19:55: Message edited by: oleg ]