[Arkcon]

If the alliegence subverter seem to be a problem, how about this. The subverted ship returns to the original empire's control at some point.

It could be right after combat, so the only effect is to pacify some ships and take them out of combat.

Or they could stick around for a number of turns and then drift away. They'd probably attack the nearest target after they shook the fuzz out of their brains.

Getting them to a space yard in time and scrapping them first would be the only way to permanantly deal with subverted ships. Besides bLasting them to space dust that is.

This would help the AI from capturing too many ships. And prevent some of the exploits.

'Tho I still don't see a problem with the psyic races. Most other races don't have ship weapons that do damage turn after turn, or cause ships to appear right next to others (barring intel).

The alliegence subverter is just wierd, that's all. Totally different from other weapons. And that just calls for unique tactics on both sides.