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Originally posted by JeffG:
How do you tell if a race is a "neutral" race? I just saw an interesting situation where it seems the Sergetti split into two factions. Deep into a game, after the whole quadrant had been explored, I received a "First Contact" message with, I think, the Aldans. These people looked like the Sergetti and the race profile referred to them as Sergetti, and was the exact same text that the Sergetti had. What's up with this?
They probably got PPP'd; often the planet forms its own faction rather than joining the PPPer (who may then be able to get the new faction to surrender, possibly giving him tech -- whereas the other result yields none).
One tip-off: ISTR that the neutrals at least used to have, if they don't still, completely average characteristics with no advanced traits.