Well, one thing I've done a couple times is an evacutation. The first time it was the race's "mission" to go kill some race that wasn't in the game. Did I mention I was the second place player and all my stuff disappeared at once
Also did that in a recent Dimension X game. I was getting thrashed, so I evactuated all my civilains to places outside the galactic sector. (in game terms I spaced them then abandoned the planet, but go with me here)
from the same game
"Do not despair at the poor showing of your fleet. Take heart in the fact that you are at least better than the Levolrie. Their ships fall apart at the mere sight of my fleets. Yours at least have to be fired apon before they disintegrate."
heh. That's a pretty good summation of how we did. I don't think the bloodthirsty gaming is at all out of character for some (maybe most) races. This particular war started out as a territorial squabble between geoschmo and me, and through a little wheeling and dealing it eventually spirled out of control to involve pretty much everyone.
Phoenix-D