[geoschmo]

I wasn't saing that making CSM a non-default tech would eliminate the problem, only that making the ai use CSM would not help.

Usually I had faced at least one ship on the way to their homeworld. If it were DUC to DUC and I were damaged or destroyed before getting to blockade them it would be a moot point.

I don't think anything we do short of eliminating surrender completely is going to help the races unlucky enough to start out right next to me. But if we make things more difficult at the start, just slow me down some, the races on the other side of the quadrant should be able to build up economically enough to give me a challange.

[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 20 February 2001).]