[Phoenix-D]

Phoenix-D vs Steal Dragon:

Call it for the scaly one. I based my strategy on finding him quickly and keeping him off-balance. In keeping with the perversity of starting positions, he was on the other side of the map. I held on for a while, but eventually he out-researched me (helps that I made several research errors..) and popped up in overwhelming force.

It was still close; I was just getting my next-generation ships on line when he came in. A few more turns, and this would have taken a lot longer to finish. As it as, all my worlds were rioting..