[Puke]

i think he is screwing with you. i can often tell where things are and what is going on even if i cant see it though.

you can see what your partner's ships can see. so if C has ships in your space, he can see what is near those ships. also, if he has your system charts, he can see whenever something changes on a planet (ruins go away, value changes, planets created, atmosphere converted) if he is just paying attention from turn to turn.

furthermore, when combat occurs he can judge by process of elimination who it was between. He would know for a fact if it was him or his partner, and he would have a good idea if it was one of his other allies.

If he can see your score, he can tell how fast you are producing ships and colonizing planets. by considering the planets he can see in your systems and counting that against your total number of systems and total number of planets, he can look at the map and figure out which are the most likely based on planet type.

also, the border map helps you figure out where peoples systems are.

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