[Reitman1]

I would imagine its not too different from early parts of the game. I am in contact with about 6 other races right now, but I am in a brotherhood treaty with all of them except 1, and that 1 race is at war with me. I guess I just got off to a slow start because that race declared war with me very close to the beginning of the game and I had to take a defensive stance and do most of my research on ship upgrades for quite some time. After I finally drove them out of my sectors, I waited a long time doing more research and expanding into sectors that were not taken yet. It has probably Lasted this long because this is the first game I have played in Space Empires and I usually like to go the scientific route for much of the game until the end when my race is powerful enough to take over the galaxy. I was just brought into war much sooner than I planned. Thanks for all the help everyone.