[Puke]

indeed Rollo, you are correct, and i meant no offense. you could look at the situation two ways. one being that they attacked without declaring war, and we followed with a declaration of war. two being that we destroyed their industrial capabilities without attacking, and they followed up with an attack. either way, I think that we agree on the point that you just cant tell by simply knowing who declaired war.

but for Taqwus's problem with the AI (i sort of thought we were talking about humans) then i suppose it would help. since one race or the other will have go go anyway, you might just pick the one who is at war with the MOST people, and settle many conflicts with a single blow. as for killing warp points, lost contact does not count for a peacefull victory condition.

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