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Originally posted by Tacoe:
I just got the game yesterday and i got to about 3 year of the game and meet a race things seemed good but everytime now i colonize a planet they go and destroy it i added ships and they bring more ships then i got im doing strickly military research now but cant figure out why its so bad for me 
. If you got any ideas how i can solve this please answer.
Well, this is a switch! People used to moan about the AI not being aggressive!
A good thing to do once you've made contact with some race is to build WPs on your home planet (or a staging planet) before you even send the colonizer. Then send a small fleet to colonize the new planet. 1 colonizer, 1 transport with WPs and extra population filling any remaining cargo space, and at least 1 armed escort (role, not class
) to protect them. After colonization, drop the WPs and extra population. Send the transport home. Optionally, let the ship(s) which escorted the colonizing fleet remain with the colony for a while, depending on how badly you need it/them and depending on how dangerous the trip home is for the transport.
[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 15 March 2001).]