[dogscoff]

If yor ship(s) were combat- worthy you could go into battle for an ally in exchange for planets/ colonisers. Alternatively you could blockade worlds and refuse to leave until you were given a planet.

Also, don't forget that AIs will happily trade you a coloniser in exchange for any 2 ships.

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"I think so Brain but, if you replace the P with an O, my name would be Oinky, wouldn't it?"