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>>>Also, I don't see a way of fixing the Galactic Guide Book, I think it should be scrapped. Even if the GGB were available at the Stellar Cartography tech, all the anomalies are gone usually before the colonisation rush is over. No one would bother wasting a planet tile on something they can't use, and can't remove. I agree with this sentiment... the guide book would come way too late no matter what. I find the anomoloies are gone before anything of substance can be built, and asid

In reading all the replies, I would have to agree that political and cultural boundaries are different things, but for the sake of programming and simplicity, and the way they play out in the game, the cultural borders would suffice quite nicely... I like the idea of having each planet have a "political" influence, but then you'd have all these polka-dots of politics all over the map that would be completely different from the "spheres of influence"... In a recent game I

I have thought about posting exactly this.... Do you moonlight as a psychic??? I HATE that other races can just waltz in to my territory. It's the one thing that keeps me from playing this game alot.... The common argument "you can't control borders in space". Anyone remember the nuetral zone? If Cap'n Kirk so much as went NEAR it they were getting an earful from some Romulan with nothing to do but watch space. IMHO, implementing borders is not difficult. Your influence es