[Taqwus]

20 planets and 60 ships ?! Oh my...

[0.56]

Heh. Aye. I've been able to bully the other races in my games, once they've seen what organic or crystalline ships do to 'em (but generally only after numerous fights in their space), to the point where they give planets or tech -- often with a comment like "Choke on it!".

My tech trades are usually refused, 'tho (even if I don't constrain what tech I want), and usually the counteroffers (if any) were patently ridiculous, like demanding colony tech and four others in exchange for a couple of minor tech levels. It's particularly grating when my warships are much more numerous, powerful and successful...

(Hmm. It's not possible to demand 'special' tech like Organic, is it? But ISTR that it's in the list of tech from which you choose your offerings, even to a non-Organic race. Hrm. *shudders at the possibility of multiplayer collusion*)

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