[Alneyan]

I have gone ahead and uploaded a new game in your own game, using the same settings (except for placing). If Renegade doesn't wish to play it again, I will keep the previous results. I suppose you didn't get a mail about the new turn.

I put the starting spots in roughly equivalent situations in the galaxy (so I like maps that are somewhat geometrical), and with a fair distance between them, though it seldom is (and cannot be) the maximum.