Hey everyone! I'm normally a forum lurker, but this looked interesting so I signed up and want to join in the empire building action. Username is Lorduck, purple color. I found KingDante, Fodder and Squishy. I'm almost due west (and a little north) of them near a yellow guy named jackdaniels who has a lot of planets.
Or another way to think about it: Make a straight line from KingDante through the northern most part of Ranger's colonies, go between Wintermute and unclebrak then past jackdaniels and the big pink star.
I've got 3 arcs so far going to nearby planets, a pirate fleet heading towards one of my neighbors and am building a slingshot in my home planet figuring a lot of stuff will originate from there.
Looks like I've got a head start towards the center of the galaxy! It's a race! It's a race!