[Jmenschenfresser]

SJ,
Ok, where do I start...just the facts I guess.

Just shut down my first P&N game. I am sure you have heard a crap load of comments and complaints and hooplah, so I will try to keep mine short.

There is much I really really really like about the mod, no doubt. I played my first game as pirates, living my boyhood, and nerd-hood dream. Thanks for that. I played 1.67 with the P&N that came with the CD. I think that is the newest Version...

Anywho. I added neutrals to the first game, thinking they would be easy prey for my raiders, if one happened to be nearby. Only noticed after 25 turns that something was up. Game was set to where I could read all scores, and it became obvious that the neutrals can't select advance traits and so won't end up as regular. So five of the empires in the game were just pre-space civs. Oh well, live and learn.

Not sure if it has anything to do with it, but I noticed of the 8 real AIs, 3 or 4 were doing pretty much nothing. The Sallega, the Xi'Chung and the Drushocka. The Sallega never colonized one world and only kept one ship. The Xi'Chung colonized 10 or so worlds, but only had one ship, and the Drushocka had two worlds and one ship. Not sure what the problem here is, but I really had to quit the game, because there weren't any ships to steal. The Cue Cappa were in first, but they that was because they were the only empire that seemed to play at the same speed I am used to. (high difficulty, medium bonus) Is this something I did wrong. To start I created a new race for me and then let the computer rest.

The QNP are a real pain in the ***. Unless one researches propulsion and steller harnessing to get the sail, it's not worth getting larger ships for quite some time, as you'll end up filling 50 or 60 percent of it with engines. Just a thought...

Lemme see.

Just as I was about to quit, I started to ponder the end game of such a mod. How do you end your empire? A pirate really shouldn't have aspirations to conquer the galaxy...that would be too much a bureaucratic nightmare for his simple, unintelligible ways. I suppose I could start dropping troops on worlds, but after a while I wouldn't be a pirate anymore. Just curious as to how you advance the empires you play.