[quote=@SavOrhchid] Would it be a good idea to try and pre-plan alliances? I've got a race of pretty mermaid creatures, who've have yet to evolve legs. Industrial little snots. Learn fast and work hard. Anyone interested? [/quote] This is a good idea, and I suspect the others will follow it. However, my nation is isolated, and it will be mostly interested in trade and exchanging knowledge. At least I don't have to worry about the Ayels and the Grogars. I would like to pursue a friendship with the Regulli if the Saurians do not get in the way. [@Frengo] I also think I may have been misleading in one aspect of my nation sheet. The average lifespan for the Edimmu is 80 - 100 because I thought of that as twenty years older than a healthy human could live before the rise of modern medicine.