Small Galaxy + 19 TDM Races = Tough Fight

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Turn 119

I've managed to destroy the Krill presence in my home system, despite several armed colony ships of theirs. The main reason I succeeded is because the AI has trouble deciding which enemy to focus on, and where to allocate resources.

I have 4 allies, providing 3 times the minerals that I produce by myself in trade. I'm at war with the Krill and Space Vikings.

I was forced by Crysolonite and CueCappa to declare war on the Vikings, but the Vikings are now much less threatening than an angry CueCappa empire would be. CueCappa is in 1st, while Vikings are now in 3rd.

I've colonized most of my home system, (finally) at turn 119, and I'm retrofitting some ships to satellite layers to provide extra defense of warp points. My system is still a heavy traffic area, with dozens of Cue ships coming through every turn. I'm in 13th place, and 3 of 20 empires have been destroyed. Including the Krill there are easily 3 more on the edge of extinction.

I should have the largest weapon platforms in another year, and I have been relying on defending planets instead of systems, simply because I was fighting another empire in the same system.