[Taqwus]

I believe there's a Players menu which lets you toggle who's AI and who's human.

On your SW, you can use value improvement plants. And remember -- like climate plants, they stack; since you have the space, and presumably a lot of resources, you can afford to build, say, 5+ VIFs.

That's if you *need* the resources, of course. You could always turn the planet into an intelligence monster, although intel is useless after a certain point (12 x max-op-cost).

You may be able to simply build one heck of a mobile fleet. Even if there are warp points, you can explore more systems if you include warp and repair ships in your fleet, since you can stack warp points and warping only costs 1 MP; this can save you lots of intrasystem travel time, which can save your sanity if there are a lot of systems in the quadrant.

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