NPR/NPR relations

[Rich.h (OP)]

I am aware how each empire has two effective tables of diplomacy, one being what they think of me and another visa versa. When looking at two NPR races is there any way to gather intel with regards to how they view each other? I know I can just watch to see if they shoot at each other but it would also be useful to guage if they are engaged in trade etc.

[Theodidactus]

One of the areas where Aurora is a little weak is in NPR intelligence. As far as I know, there's no way to figure out NPR/NPR relationships.

[Steve Walmsley]

One of the areas where Aurora is a little weak is in NPR intelligence. As far as I know, there's no way to figure out NPR/NPR relationships.

If they shoot at each other, that's an indication the relationship is not going well

[Erik L]

If they shoot at each other, that's an indication the relationship is not going well

"But it was a friendly shot!"

[Rich.h (OP)]

I'm guessing then that seeing missiles fly is about the only indicator I have of any kind of relations? Obviously it would indicate the beginnings of hostility and the amount of weapons fire or ship movements could give a rough idea of a possible war/invasion level of hostility.

Apart from that then all relations from plain neutral up to full allied and research sharing will appear to be identical from an outside perspective? Sllightly unrelated but is there a method folks use to try and identify an NPR civilian ship? If I could at least learn how to spot starliners and such I could them begin to make guesses on trade relations and such.

[Theodidactus]

that is a bit easier.

Military ships are almost never bigger than 50,000 tons, for starters

Also, there's rarely a reason to have more than 3-4 30,000 ton ships

So if you're seeing lots of aship that's big, it's almost certainly civilian.

The most important hint though is activiity. Think about what your system would look like to an alien: clusters of military ships around planets and jump points, civilian ships constantly flitting through the central system. If you're seeing many copies of a big ship that's moving around a lot with other ones like it, it's almost certainly a commercial ship, possibly a jump point constructor.