[DirectorTsaarx]

I tried to post this Last night & got an error message...

Anyway, I've had a few games recently where the AI got scores well in excess of 1M (even 2M, eventually). My Last pre-Gold games had pretty high AI scores; my first Gold game had multiple AI's over 1M, with Terrans the highest; and my current Gold game (with patch) has Terrans in first with 1.4M score (at turn 91, even!) and the Amon'krie in second with 977k score. I'm way behind on points, mostly because I don't build a lot of ships. I've been at war with the Amon'krie for a long time, but they're 8 systems away, with the Toltayans controlling the intervening systems. I had a partnership with the Toltayans for a long time, and then suddenly they declared war on me. It could have been a Comms Mimic (the Amon'krie were hitting me with intel pretty continuously), but not necessarily. Anyway, I'm continuing to ignore the Amon'krie and decimating the Toltayans. I'm very glad I put minefields on warp points throughout their territory. I'm even happier that I built bases at strategic locations in their territory. A combination of 1 base space yard and 1 drone-launching base turns out to be a pretty good offense. It's perfect for destroying small colonies, at least. Especially since the Toltayans focus mostly on seeking weapons, which can't target drones (MWAHAHAHAHA!!!). I may want to add more base space yards so I can build drones faster, though...