Ok, no tech trading and no intel it is. Once everyone's empires are uploaded we shall start the game. And as for the "Azorani Alliance", I fear them enough without a human intelligence behind them! Seriously though, they have become one of my 'standard' favorite opponents.
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We are all...the sum of our scars....(paraphrased) Matt. R. Stover-'Blade of Tyshalle'.
Human existance is all imagination...Reality is no more than a simple agreement among its participants that this is where we shall meet, and these are the rules that we shall abide by.- Kevin McCarthy/David Silva The Family:Special Effects..