apricotslice

I've just finished playing my first game, one of the large senarios, and started looking at the others. Can anyone recommend senarios where the player is given some breathing room at the beginning of the game ? I prefer to start games with local exploration, build fleets, do the research, and hold out any attacks, playing a defensive and research game, until I'm ready to go offensive. So 12 or so local planets behind 1 or 2 choke points that are defendable, with no other rac