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I found a suggestion for the optimal strategy for launching a space ship to Alpha Centauri many years ago. I've used it ever since, and it's never failed. The "Chance of Success" means the odds that you'll get to AC before anyone else. if nobody else is even trying to get there, your odds ...

> What technique do you use for this strategy? In a way I "cheat." I create a world where all nations are so spread out that none will attack another for well over 100 turns. Thus, while the other nations are building up armies, I'm developing a huge advantage in science. I also make Small...

And my Space Ship arrived at Alpha Centauri in 1828.
The other Nations attacked me with their Frigates, but my Battleships had little trouble sinking them.

Setting Ruleset to "Classical" did, indeed, solve the problem. Thank you both.

After getting annihilated in early play (like everyone else), I learned that establishing Trade Routes was a key to wealth. I used them for maximum effect up to Version 2.6, and would usually have a ship at Alpha Centauri by about 1820, while all seven AI opponents were building Cruisers. When I got...