Simultaneous Movement

[Jubala]

Could be they sent in a cloaked scoutship first and saw you was ripe for the picking and decided to eat. It's possible to get Stealth Armor quite fast so it's not impossible to get a cloaked ship early.

[Possum]

Hmm, OK, well thanks for all the ideas, guys.

I'm mostly just concerned with figuring out how the game works in this context; the loss of one un-developed frontier colony was a minor deal