Philosophical scenario - A chance meeting

[Glyn]

Strategia_In_Ultima said:

What surprises me is that nobody has yet brought up the fact that while you only have one solar system, they might have an empire spanning a thousand systems. Then what?

Hey, I thought of it!

You have no way of knowing how large or small their empire is. Nor do they known how large or small our empire is.

So if you pretend to be bigger than you actual are they would be less inclined to pick a fight. Call it the bullfrog defense! (see my earlier post.)

Of course with a little Intel and time both empires would learn the actual size of each other, but hopefully by then a peacefully coexistence has taken root. If not then the big fish eats the little fish and gets bigger.