[Taqwus]

Heh. I started a game with the full Version Last night (woohoo!), and am facing a nearly identical situation... and yes, my score ~500k or so. Tricky game because (a) I chose Gas, and therefore have to defend more systems to keep the same number of planets (albeit I've now got all three colony techs), (b) graph connectivity is quite high, so my borders are rather long.

OTOH, the AIs show no ability yet to detect my cloaked BC/DNs, so I can hit their outlying worlds (don't yet have Quantum Reactor, not sure if I have solar panels yet. I need to focus on three combat research priorities -- solar sail, quantum reactor, and talisman-of-unearthly-accuracy.), and I'd been mining since pretty early in the game, so my minefields destroy an average of 4-5 ships/turn...

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