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		I am looking for AI's that are good in unconnected situations.  Is there such a thing?  Or are they all about the same? 
 
I would prefer to work with the stock or TDM races, but any will do. 
 
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		Whats the use of being good in "unconnected" situation? 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		Yes, what I'm looking for is AI's that will research Stellar Manipulation early and get out of their home system fairly quickly, much as a human would.  If such an AI exists, I would like to use it. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		I have tried unconnected/young. Game play is slow, but interesting. Prefer connected.      
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		Eventually, the AI's will research the tech needed if they see they're cut off.   
 
AI's that I've seen use stellar manipulation often and early are TDM Modpak races -- Pyrochette, Space Vikings, and the Drak'ol (sp?) 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		I've had the Vorlon hit me early with warp point openers, so you could give them a try. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		The Vikings will research stellar manip if unconnected.  
 
Unconnected games are brilliant. I am currently at turn 400 of a solo Proportions game where I started with only one system attached to my home system. I had only 4 planets to colonise and before I had to research stellar manipulation. 
 
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		Thanks for the help guys!  I think I've found the ones I want. 
 
Actually, I finally got smart and looked in the _AI_research.txt entries and found some other good ones too. 
 
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