How hard do you expand?

[dogscoff]

AIs are usually quite happy to trade planets. decide which "mixed" systems you'd lik to keep for yourself and select a few that you can afford to lose. Trade planets in your unwanted systems for Phong plants in the systems you want. This is a good way to consolidate after a coloniser race and has the added advantag of gaining you lots of Carbon Dioxide breathing Phong citizens. (only an advantage if you don't breathe CO2 already=-)

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"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
"Uh, I think so, Brain, but balancing a family and a career ... oooh, it's all too much for me. "