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Thanks for the replies, folks. As noted, a mature influence resource mining station makes it almost impossible for the AI to fight back when you're culture bombing. I just upped the AI intelligence to "painful" and won again last night. The AI really has a hard time with SB fortifications II. I am playing a custom civ that is focused on econ, as these culture bombs get pretty pricey. My custom-civ's first tech is basi

Hey folks, GalCiv 1 junkie, first time poster... To the point: I've found that I can quickly win a game by following this formula... Create a construction ship with two warp drives and a construction module on a cargo hull, crank 'em out as fast as possible. While building and fortifying starbases in enemy territory I research the culture tree, and then install the culture modules in appropriately-fortified bases. The AI d