Nice to see I'm not the only one who renames his ships and planets.
I have to say when I saw the screen shot of your position in the galaxy, it was easy to see how the story was going to end. (:(
You're right, as a "normal" player, I wouldn't set myself up without at least one trade partner with a similar moral viewpoint. Of course, as a "normal" player, I'd be tempted to set the AI to "Abysmally Stupid" and then just throw up a screenshot from a different game.
I'll have to try allocating points the way you did in this game; I always spread them out with no allocation larger than 2. Thanks for the run-down.
End transmission.
~SDC~