mdman, I'm not the one who said what's chasing the Vasari, although I did do a great pic of a Space Pony Borg Cube. In any case, it's SivCorp that came up with the backstory, which is dangerous if a sequel or any type of storyline were to ever come out. I came up with my own idea, but I've just mentioned it in passing to others. Nothing more.

As for the other galaxy, depending on how far you want to say they can take phase travel, it can go either way. I would think that humans wouldn't be such a blockade if they could move over to another galaxy. I tend to think a touch more locally.

*installs 7 SP1 RC1*

heh isn't that pointless

Us.  We are awesome and should be destroyed for the good of humanity.

Fortunately they don't realize that.

True Humanity is doomed

Unless we take over the world

Who said anything about saving.

I was speaking of enslaving.

Its easy. Just set a semi-democratic government where the people think their vote counts. Give them some "rights" to keep them happy. Develop a two party system that continuously snipes at each other to give the illusion of balance of power. Develop a public educational system that teaches them to only remember and repeat not think and study. Dilute the power of religion (it is a dangerous thing) with multiply forms. Develop a powerful commercial and entertainment system that keeps them entertained all the while slowing feeding their minds with even more garbage. Develop the idea of freedom of information but then deluge the system that dispense it all with tons upon tons of garbage information creating a confused mass. Set up a powerful select few that have tons of power and money for others to focus on as the "real" problem. Soon all will be too confused, or too angry, or too controllable to do anything.

Funny eh?  Maybe it was too subtle for me.  I'll stick to Family Guy.

you can't points they since don't occupy any physical space at all or else they would be called spheres

-Exiled Possum

LOL

Where there are resources, there are intended and unintended consequences of those fighting to keep them.

Over here we just do it with political and corporate sects instead of armed conflict.

both of which can lead to armed conflict

ryat, you forgot to specify that there should be many regional groupings  that are structured similarly , but with minor differences, and that the regional groupings should also be sniping at each other.

sloppy planning there.

you will have to lose a letter in your name for that one

harpo