Nilfiry

I find that other AIs declare war on each other ALL the time. As a matter of fact, someone is almost always fighting. The only thing that bothers me is how quickly the AI declare war on each other, end their war, and then start again so often. The Altarians never declares war on me, regardless of their power level, because I play Benevolent, except for when they notice I am pursuing a specific victory. Also, the Yor hates everyone...except for the Drengin. I have NEVER seen these two factions

The only thing that i mod is my starting ships when playing on Godlike mode.

[quote]Currently I do not progress past getting Bio warfare. Any thing else up this tree is simply not needed. With Bio warfare I can take a transport with the smallest amount of troops (.5) and take ANY planet I desire. There is simply zero need to progress further. [/quote] On what difficulty are you playing? Anything below Godlike is TOO easy, but on Godlike, by the time I get to the point where I am finally capable of being on the offensive (around

Nope. I think this is one nuance that you should not be so picky about it. The symbolism is more for the player to recognize. If any other symbol was used, one would naturally be confused as to what it means without further explanations. However, when you get the iconic pirate symbol, you immediately recognize that these are indeed pirate ships without needing details, and that your weaker ships should stay away.