Wernher; very well thought out civilization. The way I see it -- the Graal have realized that mindlessly invading entire other solar systems worked initially, but now maintaining how garrison armies and fleets and the logistical costs of maintaining infrastructure are becoming a large problem. Now they are attempting to put in place pro-Graal governments in lesser civilizations; basically anyone who would be willing to listen to the Graal and support an autocratic regime, most likely a military leader. So your civilization can play the opposite side of the pendulum for fear from want and freedom of determination, no? Would you fancy some shared history, Werhnher -- at least in the last 50-100 years of the game sake so we can start off in a ideological war? @Asuras; I know you're mapping the universe in [i]Sandbox[/i] but I can make a 2D cosmographical map in a spiral galaxy if you'd like.