[God Emperor]

Yes, I have to confess, I set the Jraenar up to minimise the chance of offering a surrender.
Although seemingly stupid, it does avoid the problem of early or mid game, having a surrender significantly enhance the winners (ie the human players) position.
With respect to AI declaring war upon first contact, there have been several theads dedicated to the topic. It seems me to be more than just a function of the anger/politics files (ie if they are at war already, they seem less inclined to start another one). Having said that I must admit that I havent fully grasped all of the subtleties of the anger/politics files and have been content to make my races pretty aggressive (xenophobic?) in general, in order to promote tough galaxies.
Regards,
GE

[ September 08, 2002, 02:40: Message edited by: God Emperor ]