Phaedyme

Does that mean there are red and green Altarians?

Okay, regarding evolution and Altarians, that's in GalCiv materials. The Mithrilar and Draginol (the Mithrilar who was hanging out on Altar) are explained in links from this thread: https://forums.galciv2.com/127754 Altarians look like humans because Draginol ended up there and made them look like humans, I think through passive influence. There were also wars involving the Dread Lords and the Arnor, resulting in a cataclysm

[quote who="Ashbery76" reply="32" id="3423910"] The problem with Smurfs,Navi and Asari is why have they evolved blue skin on a green planet?[/quote] Kinda late, but Blue-skinned people exist on Earth . Certainly this happens for particular reasons, but it's not impossible for such reasons to be widespread. And af

[quote who="The_Tsurani" reply="2" id="3420618"] So... the Drengin are looking... well. Especially you, Lord Kona, you're looking....eh... spry for someone of your age... Please don't eat me, Humans aren't as tasty as Torians!!![/quote] I'm kind of late, but I wanted to say that anyone who played Galactic Civilizations 10 years ago would know that Drengin consider human skin to be a delicacy.

[quote who="Lucky Jack" reply="5" id="3413481"] I also think this is a point of view. If the enslavers really believe that the enslaved will become extinct if not enslaved and the enslaved believe that they would prosper if not enslaved, how to you judge which is true? It is better not to judge than to judge incorrectly and have to endure the unintended consequences.[/quote] You can't really go wrong with a policy like "slavery and genocide are bad." Our own history bears thi

[quote quoting="post"] I feel that no person or group of people can be described as good or evil in absolutist terms. It's too subjective. Adolf Hitler is widely seen as an evil man, but along with wanting to commit genocide on the Jews and having a relaxing afternoon drive into Poland, France, and the USSR, he also liked kids (as long as they weren't Jewish or Slavic) and dogs - things you'd normally associate with a 'good' person. I'm not saying Hitler wasn'

As much as I like science fiction I am not yet prepared for a science fiction 4x game that proposes that cold is something other than the absence of heat. :)

Well, there's a difference between allowing trade and allowing a military presence.

[quote who="yarodin" reply="41" id="3416272"] Of course one could cross every border, i don't think anyone suggested a "force field" or something like that. Crossing a border just means you may get the party which space you violate pissed of on you. It's your decision if you ignore that or if you say "ups, sorry, was a mistake". A civ should just have the right to say who has permission to pass and who not and to decide what to do about it. As a human player, may

Invisible force field? What? Borders are enforced by the presence of military, of border police, and diplomacy. Anyone can violate borders as an act of military aggression, but you should be able to tell other empires to back off if they do not want a war. I mean, in GalCiv2, the non-player empires can tell you to get out of their territory, but for some reason I don't recall options to tell them to leave.

Heh. You are correct. :D Just saw this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgqoB2kk8f8 I suspect what the poster above was talking about when he said 10 Earthlike planets was the 10 planets identified by the Kepler space telescope. Of course statistical extrapolation leads us to the conclusion that there are billions of Earthlike planets in this galaxy.

[quote who="Seilore" reply="38" id="3416128"] Quoting Phaedyme, reply 37 I am not opposed to teal. Anyone for Pink?? lol[/quote] I was going to mention magenta and fuschia, but I thought maybe I was already pushing my luck.

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="36" id="3415929"] Quoting Phaedyme, reply 35Oh, as far as green stars in the game: I like them. They're kinda aesthetically pleasing. I personally would prefer teal...[/quote] I am not opposed to teal.

This only annoyed me in one of the campaigns in GalCiv 2: I think the first one, where you're allied with the Altarians. Except they just build influence starbases all around the Terrans until the Dread Lords drop by.

[quote who="michaelwhittaker" reply="23" id="3415452"] According to my astronomy teacher given the conditions that make a earthlike planet. Mainly things like our moon and things like saturn and Jupiter. Our near circular orbits. Thats just a few out of fifteen conditions that make our planet the way it is. It really the difference based on modern knowledge of astronomy and wishful thinking. Oh I can find the conditions, but I'm not smart enough to crunch the numbers. Most of these

[quote who="michaelwhittaker" reply="18" id="3415386"] Since when is 1 in 6 * 10 to the 21st power unrealistic. They say evolution is probable which is 2.4 times 10 millionth power that we evolved from the ground with the right conditions. Out of the estimated planets in the universe the estimated number of planets with earth conditions is 10. According to recent astronomical discoveries going off the fact that all 8 of