I'm back! For a few days, at least. Until I have to go away again for just shy of a week.
Came back and all my planets had under 10mil population, I'm guessing that's just some sort of really long inactivity thing kicking in since I've seen populations fluctuating on inactive planets before.
Added Kagurati to the front page. Welcome to DG! You seem to be rather well isolated there. Your nearest BM ally is Gustav Kuriga (Komurov) to the north-west of you, he's orange-brown. You only have to go through 1 empire (ruff48) to reach him so between you, you could easily bridge the gap between your empires
Also, shame on all of you! Nobody has asked Qyasogk if he would be interested in playing
War Islands, a turn-based strategy game in which you fight against 2/3 other players to conquer an island by force, having only your strategic knowledge to guide you. Or even asked him if he wants to play
Battlemaster, a roleplaying game in which you control the world around you through political intrigue, military force or maybe even the influence of your God. Both of which he would really enjoy, if only anyone would ask him.
EDIT: Also, loving the new fleet changes. I actually built a nice little fleet with SBS in it since they're now fairly cost effective. I could still build a fleet of Cruisers that had more fire-power than the SBS fleet, but it was a much nicer gap now (and they had a lot more defence). Plus, since it would have to be a fleet of Cruisers of a much larger size, I think that when it came to a battle, the SBS would win (over several battles, of course). I realise this is just one observation of a rather large change, but if it's anything to go by I can see these changes really making a difference to how we all wage wars!
EDIT EDIT: <3 the lack of a scout defence. Now that I'm safely able to defend, that is.