Space Food Empires!

[Captain Kwok]

For the next version I'm adding the basic framework to support monsters, but I would like to get feedback on how I should implement them.

Currently I'm going to have their home colony invisible to all other races, which will be capable of supporting 3-5 monsters at a time. Should I make them like neutrals or should I give them free range like regular AI? If I make them regular AIs how many systems should their range be? I was thinking 1-2 systems beyond their home colony.

How strong should individual monsters be? Should they be able to match against a single ship or a few ships at once?

Feel free to post more ideas...