Jumping in at the deep end

[Jtownsend]

As it so happens, I accidentally loaded a testbed turn and played it instead of my normal turn. The actual game is in a large universe, but as my empire happened to be a bit dispersed and the geography a bit kinder, I can probably block off 6 ok systems at a cost of 7 external warp-points to guard. If I stretched, I could make it 7:7, but it would involve risk and my only breathable in the 7th system has lousy stats.