Wow, just took a peek over at Tom's territory. Suddenly: ARCS! EVERYWHERE!
I think it is because Tom has the misfortune to be located next to some aggressive expanders. Hierulf is expanding in our area in a big way, one of the few directions I can expand is into Toms local space (and I'm a jerk so I am) and now kenwillard is expanding this way as well, maybe because I took most the space close to him.
I'm not sure I like this aspect of the game since one of the few things to do is expand, and there is very little reason not to everything seems to revolve around that. Most my wars are either because I am trying to slow down other peoples expansion, or because they have planets inside my regional government areas, which I just can't stand. Hopefully some of the trading changes will make maintaining your planets more of a focus.
