Bad ways for your empire to end.

[Cyrien]

Ok. Here is this one. What are the worst ways you have lost a game.

Here is mine from just today (this hour in fact).

I started a new game with some friends a little while ago. A small universe of about 14 Systems with 20! players. 8 of us humans and then computers to make it interesting.

Anyways... I start in a star system that looks great. Lots of breathable planets etc and no one else started in it with me, and only one warp point that leads into it, for great defense value! (WOOHOO!) I expand and in the next system I find the Orks and the Aquileans (DOH!) They promply double team me and I manage to blockade myself into my system and make some slow progress against them. About the time I have developed light cruisers the only warp point into my system collapses... (DOUBLE DOH!) So... I'm locked in. I decide to make the most of it. Keep on going... about 15-20 turns later I get that oh so lovely message that my Star is going to go Supernova. I am no where near close to researching the needed tech to open a warp point (I was taking my time) and well... I guess you can see where this leads upto. This leads me to pose the question as to whether there is an unlucky racial trait that gets randomly added in some time.

So whats your bad story.