[warp nine]

A note on AI coveting your planets: they only covet a percentage of the planets they KNOW about. Which is why you have to be careful with treaties: upon forming a Partnership treaty, both sides exchange system maps. Then a coveting race will see how many planets you really have and immediately get angry at you. How angry they get is specified in the file, and within 2 turns of forming a Partnership you may find yourself at war with an empire that knows EXACTLY where all your planets, resupply, spaceports, shipyards, etc. are. So when your Military ally offers a Partnership, sometimes a polite 'no-thank-you' is best!