[Joachim]

Wow - KOTH is a very different beast to normal SeIV.

Thanks Gandalph for a great game and one that I have learnt a heap from.

I honestly only finally thought I might have you when you sent your fleet through from Koltan to Bizzet without sweepers and then the remnants got shot up. I thought that was probably a final desperate attack move.

The main reason I thought I was always in trouble (despite holding the number 1 spot for ages) was your tech edge, everytime we fought you had better ships then me. How did you get such a good tech edge for the game? Was Res centres the priority from the begining? (I note you only had res I as well).

i was just fortunate to have the bigger industrial base to counter your better ships. All though I was about to send the first Battleship that matched your tech in.

Please give me any hints/tips on what I did wrong!

What was in the two systems that are still unexplored?

You had 51 colonies to my 66 - not that different. i also only got Gas tech about 20 turns ago.

Thanks again!