Unit only empires

[Urendi Maleldil]

Yes. I remember it changed.

If all you have are ships left, as long as you have a colony ship (or can build one) and some population, you can come back if you play hard, but it will be quite a challenge.

If all you have left are fighting ships you can prep for one Last battle which would be fun.

Also if all an empire has are ships and they can maintain communication with other empires, you can still get them to surrender and get some nice, new (or old) ships.