[boran_blok]

Strategia_In_Ultima said:
You know what would be a fun scenario? Something like ST:Enterprise, where you start as a low-tech race with a single homeworld amongst various large higher-tech races, wiht several wars likely to erupt. Also, if you get involved in a war (or if you start one), you will need to have at least one ally to watch over you to avoid your destruction. This would mean that diplomacy would play an important role in the game, and moreover some of the best chances of your victory would be by acquiring various techs from all sorts of races and using that to your advantage. For example, one race might posess high Troop technology, while another is proficient in the use of Fighters and another makes extensive use of Missile Weapons, but all three have little expertise in any tech area that another race has specialized themselves in. You (as being the small lowtech race) could be able to trade with all three, and thus acquire Troops, Fighters AND Missile Weapons, and thereby achieve technical superiority.

This is to some degree possible with the AST using the A-map included (where you start of with different sized homeworlds) if you give the AI bonusses you'll get quite a run for your money and you'll still be able to win (someday around turn 1000 or so)