Dread lOrds appeared in my last game. Then straight away the up voted on ending all wars. They went back to war with every one except me and a i won military victory cos of them.(i hate the space sharks they r=wreck all my trade) (:(
If u really need to beat someone build a massive miltary go to war with a civ then when they are (hopefully) weak make peace. Then give them your entire military except for a few ships. It will improve relations and give them a massive maitenance. So if you target there best planets then they can't handle the cost so you can then beat them with a small mitatry. :)
I won my first game because of the demo. The demo's really useful and download the Manual of a sight( cant rememr which one) It's really useful aswell. ;)
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