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Thar Borg cube that you mentioned (that I had robbed and captured previously), had barely any crew and even less fuel. When I landed in one of my few planets in the middle of Rebel territory to gather some fuel, the Rebel had a cloaked ship waiting for me there, then towed that cube to one of his well defended planets and he captured the cube due to a ridiculous amount of crew (the cleaning woman, the DJ and the plumber, that's all that was left on the ship).

If refers to the situation that I think it refers to, I think you got a tasty Assault Carrier in return which I'd rather have kept.

It's a gamble. I see a couple of ships idling in space. Why are they there? Did they miscalculate a maneuver? Is it a bait? Is he really that persistent to wait for soooo long? Someday we need to stake our turn and see how it plays out. Seems it played out as a NINTENDO CLASS GAME CUBE for me, and a carrier for Pirates.

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In general, playing a "no alliance" game requires some gentlemen's agreement. I have no way to enforce it. Even if I would implement every option to cut contacts, I could not prevent you from posting on Reddit "hey, I'm Fed in North Star 42, who else is there?".

Please keep in mind that this is a give-and-take. Stomping all other players to pieces might give you imaginary internet points, but then you will eventually not having anyone to play with. Although this server can in theory maintain thousands of users, we are not that many...

But I can tell you that I like playing North Star especially because it takes the nasty diplomacy out of the equation.

--Stefan