[Jubala]

Good idea Baron. I created a racial tech tree for neutrals in which they had a universal colonization component so they could settle all planets in their homesystem at once when I first got the game. But back then I didn't know how to make them research and use it so I gave it up. Now that I do maybe I will take it up again.

What I would want the neutrals to do in general to protect themselves is to mount serious warp point defenses with tons of sats, mines, fighters and bases. I wish the AI in general was better at this, but neutrals in particular. It should hurt to break into a neutrals system that has had some time to prepare fixed defenses. Mines, satellites and fighters doesn't cost any maintainance and bases have 50% reduced upkeep so that's what neutrals should concentrate on imo. I have never seen the AI build a base at a warp point so I don't know if it can.