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		 yea, that was fun.  I'm exploring Carrier Battles again....  fun.....      
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		It's unfortunate that the quirks of the map lead to an over-sized Vorlon empire with a ton of space to itself.. Those pesky SJ nomadic ships just couldn't eat up any space from colonization to stem the tide.    
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		IIRC, that "empty Vorlon space" didn't START OUT so empty... 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		How coincidental. I also decided to start playing SE4 again, I remember these forums well from the earlier days. I also bought SEV and have kind of mixed feelings. I think I'll try it out, especially with Balance and Gritty Econ and see if I can get some of whatever skills I once had back. Nice to see SJ and the rest of you are all still here. 
 
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		We currently have a PBC game (PBC IV) going on at spaceempires.net, which is always looking for new players. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		Dumbluck: 
There was only one small empire to the north, which decided to act in a rather hostile manner to peaceful Vorlon exploration ships. Naturally, they had to be dealt with... But the space to the south and east, inside that big cut-off loop, was mostly empty. All that was there was some piddly nomad race.    
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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		Yeah, just one piddly 2nd-place-in-score nomad race    
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		This time with a brand-spanking-new computer.  Hopefully I can stay around a bit longer this time. 
 
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		Unless you let some magic smoke out, odds are good that old PC can be fixed right up with a format c: and reinstall   
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		 yep.  I have an XP disk..... and no auth. code to go with it.....  I was hoping that I could turn it into a backup location, or possibly a hardware firewall.  (I heard rumors there was a linux out there that would do that, but I haven't investigated....) 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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