[Arkcon]

Originally posted by capnq:
Ancient quadrant is probably the worst pick for the AIs, because they don't deal well at all with black holes and damaging warp points.

Yeah, I know. But if there are only 2 systems with planets, theirs and yours, they'll usually find a path. Ancient really doesn't have as many black holes and damaging warp points as you might think -- more nebulas and asteroid systems. Generate a few small ancients and see.

My goal is to insure a dogfight between massive max tech fleets, not to watch a pair of battleships pick off my new refining colony that hasn't built a weapon platform yet.

At max tech, with only one good system, the AI has no problem building atmosphere converters, colonizing all planets, and building lots of ships.