[Nodachi]

The attitude I've taken is one of gentle guidence. I examined the AI files before I chose my empire and tweaked the empire set-up a little bit. Now I let the AI run things with an eye towards minor changes, "hmm, I think they'd do better if they have this tech earlier." The most heavy-handed thing I've done is set the build queue for a new colony to take up all facility slots.

They seem to be doing ok so far...