[Alneyan]

I'll take over your Empire, Alarik. Just ask, and I can always send a couple warships here and there. Bah! I'll have to switch your Empire from "nope, ain't gonna declare war until I slaughter their allies and send half my fleet in their systems" to "unknown quantity".

I'm your friendly neighbour to the south, Kwok. Just look for the highest concentration of Stellar Manipulation, and I'll be right there. I would estimate Alarik's Empire at around twelve systems or so, but we are talking about Proportions here, so you shouldn't have to do much stuff on any given turn. Well, unless you decide to go to war, or play with diplomacy.