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One brief guess as to some of the differences of opinion: I do tend to deploy fleets conservatively. If I can't send at least a dozen battleships, I don't even bother, under the assumption that the aliens can intercept and destroy penny packets. I have never actually tested if aliens take advantage ...

I did check, and yes, ENoM does exist. Not that it really kicks in until you have so many mines you can just bury the aliens under a tidal wave of materiel. I checked my biggest save, and I have an ENoM penalty of -105 (the equivalent of just 3.75 command center rings) from 15 outposts, 48 settlemen...

1) The research is supposed to represent bringing together the conditions for these unions. "But lol, mebbe Canada can join the US" does not require months of research from top scientists; it's the PR campaigns and political maneuvering that is challenging. 2) Without a deep overhaul of mu...

Alien administrations which acquire nuclear weapons are incredibly annoying to deal with, particularly if they come from absurd AI behavior rather than anything reasonable. The TL;DR: 1) Eliminate the AA's special protection from coup d'etat if there are no alien warships in LEO or armies on the gro...

So, signed up, and it took a while for the first messages to be approved. I have also just noticed how badly I abused italics. I abused them so very badly . @PAwleus, a few comments: 1) I don't think you ever explained what you meant by "Extensive Network of Mines"? 2) A big thrust of my a...

Another possibility is that both you and the Alien Administration share an ally with an army or nuclear weapons. If you hover over a nation in the manage-relations UI, it'll usually tell you why you can or can't perform a given action.

The real problem isn't the change to require suppression of orbital defenses. The real problem is that the aliens are only really limited by exotics and maybe a fixed amount of mission control, so they don't need farms, they don't need labs, they don't need geriatrics, they need fewer nanofacturing ...

1) You are probably allied with Egypt, and Egypt was the closest valid place it could send your armies. You can't be on neutral ground, only on own territory, allies, or war-declared enemies. 2) You're going to have to set the Alien Administration as a rival, then use a Set National Policy action to...

Alien councilors can spawn from alien facilities as well as incoming transport ships. Your save is probably technically salvageable if you don't mind a lot of savescumming after each successful +unrest mission. Otherwise, I don't think it's practical unless you can keep parts of Earth free to build ...