Alex Church

Reply to A cheese dipped evil idea.. in Strategies Stardock Forums

Has anyone ever tried buying the military of some empire like the Dregin? Just offer to pay a bit of money (depending on the map size and your reserves) for 50 months plus give them all your tech and trading goods. Then you could take over their empire with their own ships. After they're dead, disband the stuff you don't need. I tried this before and it worked perfectly. I took over their entire empire for only about 10k (large map, normal level). I did have to position a few of my own transport

Reply to Suggestions 1.03 in Galactic Civilizations I Stardock Forums

Um. Don't know where to post this but I found a rather annoying loophole. I decided (for the fun of it) to buy the entire military of the Dregin Empire (by offering to pay about 5000 for 50 months + all trade goods and all tech I had). When I got their military (50+ battlecruisers, defenders, and tons of transports, + starbases), I took over all their planets. Since they were dead, I didn't have to pay them back. Is this supposted to happen? (I had 130 on diplomacy).