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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Look at it this way: if you hadn't captured his planet, you probably would have glassed it!
Combat can have only two sides. I bet your friend wasn't at war/non-intercourse with the AI, was he? That means that his units are considered allied with the AI IF you are the one attacking. If you were parked there and the AI attacked, he'd ally with you.
Phoenix-D
I suppose I can be thankful that didn't happen.

As I recall he was not in a state of war with this particular AI. I understand why it happened now, although I still think it's a poorly implemented "feature" (perhaps bug is overstating it).
On the other hand, I remember quite specifically telling the game the correct planet to invade (the AI planet). It would appear that in simultaneous play mode this order is irrelevant since it chose the first planet it came across to invade. If so, what is the point of asking which planets you would like to attack if the game considers every terrestrial body in this particular situation hostile?
- Shino6