Hey all!

Been playing a little bit now, but my first post here...

Anyway, in the game I'm now saved in progress, I got a fairly good start on a Gigantic map ( I just like Gigantic maps, it makes the game feel more 'epic' to me, blah blah blah). I do start right next to the Korx, who seem to always instantly start making plans to go to war with me WHENEVER I play. I kid you not, every single time, I spend the whole early game at war with those guys.

So I'm slowly beating the Korxies back, blowing up their ships left and right, building military bases, etc, and begin my planet-hopping expedition to their 'core' systems. Meanwhile, the Torians are all buddy buddy with me, even sending me 'some of their finest starships to aid my effort against the Korx', etc. I find a nice Torian planet a good ways off, and start running trade routes, with the idea of keeping this 'strongest military' power on friendly terms until I can balance the playing field a bit. Well, stupid me, the Korx are almost beaten, I lay off a few turns to get another wave of troop transports in position and move up my newly update Cruiser class ships, when, BAM! Never mind the warm relations or all the trade, the treacherous Torians declare war on me. I hustle everything I have to their border, but no avail....I'm quickly steamrollered by the perfidous bugs (or whatever they are).

Ah well, long boring post, just thought I'd share my experience at ankle-grabbing with y'all. (I play on Tough, if that matters.)

Dave