This Was Much Too Easy!

[Kodos]

The setup: Built my own race of Hydrogen breathing, Gas-Giant inhabiting, Organic Tech having BEMs and fired up a new game --- unfortunately, it turned out that I had to share my starting star system with another race (Humans, of all things!).

Well, I kissed their anthropoid arse for the first 20 turns or so (got a Trade & Research treaty), and then when all of their ships where out exploring other systems, I moved a fleet of Frigates onto their home planet, blockaded 'em for one (1) whole turn, demanded they turn it over to me as tribute, and the next turn it was mine!

Repeat procedure with all other colonies in starting system until bored...

Now, the Humans had some Weapons Platforms and Satellites guarding their planets, so I never actually got close enough to bombard them, so they could have held out indefinitely. Why turn over the homeworld to me? After only one(1) turn? Please tell me the AI puts up more of a fight than this...

Oh, and one other minor quibble: There seems to be a problem with definitions in the game. Planets are refered to as "Systems", and this is throwing me off! A star "system" refers to a series of planets that revolve around a sun --- not a single planetary colony, as it seems to in the documentation.