Afaik you get a permanent +30 to relations if you agree to help another empire fight the hive. It doesnt matter if you actually do it or not as far as i can tell. This has helped me break the diplomatic deadlock in past games.

Other empires being envious off you doesnt mean constant war in my ...

Thank you for your awesome guide.

Theres a way to deal with pirates without paying them protection money forever or taking care of them militarily. I havent seen this mentioned anywhere so i thought i would share.

When you first encounter pirates, take their protection treaty. Once relations ...

Im having same issue. Im trying to build spaceports on colonized worlds in a gravitic storm. Every time i try it blows up in my face. Ive tried letting a constructor ship build it with same result. The spaceport design im trying to build should be able to deal with a gravitic storm. Odd thing is ...

Thank you for your awesome guide.

Theres a way to deal with pirates without paying them protection money forever or taking care of them militarily. I havent seen this mentioned anywhere so i thought i would share.

When you first encounter pirates, take their protection treaty. Once relations ...