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				 Re: Am I nuts or did this really happen? 
 Geo,
 I believe that colonly ships check each turn for the shortest distance to a destination. What happened in your games seems to have proved that out. Very nice for a computer to do that on its own. Kudeos to Aaron and MM.
 
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