[Alneyan]

Thanks Bearclaw and Roanon! That's one less problem to take care of. I merely need to handle the enemy fleets, and victory will be mine. Being outnumbered, outgunned, outwitted and outgunned is completely irrelevant; we shall prevail. Eventually. Hopefully. In our daydreams. In our wishful thinking dreams.

Lord Amon-Keria has refused to comment on the other declarations of the Collective; it is difficult to reply to anything when you are buried in the ruins of your palace, and quite dead as well. As such, there can be no peace, for lack of a diplomat to actually take care of this part. That, and a feeble excuse involving NGC3, and lessons gained from experience.

In NGC3, the enemies of Roanon were too peaceful, and left him grow too much. In NGC4, the enemies of Roanon were aggressive enough, but their bark was worse than their bite. Let's hope the enemies of Roanon will have both the will and the firepower to break his hegemony in NGC6. Even having Asmala on our side did not help in NGC3; what else is left for us to attempt?

Having a single resource converter was my mistake. On the other hand, it isn't as if I have much to convert these days; retrofitting these Warp Openers is expensive for my poor economy. That, and mean trade partners actually *request* organics or radioactives in exchange for minerals. Tsk, you cannot even get away with asking your neighbours one or two million minerals per turn for free these days.