Master Belisarius and Atraikius,
I had to cancel my test, because the map was so bad. The Aquilaeian didn't have any systems to settle without running into me or the Vikings. The Vikings started off next to a black hole (always a killer for the AI). I never got to see any Orks because they were cut off by black holes as well (no, it was no ancient map).
I started a new game with medium mid-life galaxy, 3 planets, no intel, 20000 resources, low tech level, medium tech cost, 2000 race pts, and medium number of players plus neutrals. I also modded the quadrant file to get rid of black holes (should thought of that long ago).
Guess what happened: I started off in a system with three planets to colonize and three warp points leading out of it. Fair enough, so I build 3 colonizers right away. On turn 2 or 3 the orks show up on my eastern warp point. They don't look friendly, so I quickly build some missile sats and later some scouts. I send one scout to the south and encounter an Aquilaeian home system. The other one I send to the north and find the Viking home system! This is really weird. I am sqeezed right in the middle between the AI that I want to test with no room to expand...
This could be quite interesting
, if you want I can email you the savegame (you just need the .gam file, right?)
Rollo
PS: Anybody want to place a bet who will kill me? My money is on the orks, they have already declared war on me and start sending ships over (I guess they can sniff weakness from systems away). Lets see how they can overcome my (pitiful
) defenses.