[WhiteHojo]

Truthfully, I had forgotten about your secret bases (guess cause they wuz secret). That might make some difference - if a starbase could ever generate intell points, I wouldn't have as big a problem as I do now.

I would think a self imposed limit on the rate of your colonization would be needed - the slower, smaller pop pirate colonizer would help limit it... maybe if we could deny the normal colony component to pirates and force em to use the smaller/slower component and then bump the cost to build em way up that would limit their expansion while still allowin em the capability to be competitve in the intell buisness.

Forgot to mention earlier, I don't see pirates taking over and keeping other races colonies - just not what they're about in my mind... maybe allowing em to capture then plunder & loot (scrap all facilities) a colony b/f jettisoning the pop and abandoning the colony. A little harsh but w/in the races persona.

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