Sociopathic Phidi

[Chasm]

Of all the races, the ones that do an out of the blue war declare most are the Phidi. They accept all 3 treaty agreements, and the next turn declare war. I *think* this stems from the fact that their hulls are generally light and fast manufacture. So they have a big fleet, see you have a small one, and attack. And then they die, since your smaller fleet is more up to date, and is able to destroy their ships piecemeal. For a peaceful race, they seem very warlike. By contrast, the slavers generally are a fairly trustworthy Trading partner. Something is wrong with this picture...

[bjg]

Phidi are quite hypocritical. They "love peace", but all their hulls are military. They also decrease your reputation for being at war, even if they've asked you to help them with it.
But they (and anybody else) wont attack you if you have a strong fleet (and only in that case).

[Chasm]

They attacked me, I butchered their inbound fleet. Something in how they judge strong is off...

[bjg]

They attacked me, I butchered their inbound fleet. Something in how they judge strong is off...

This has always been the case in 4X (if a tactical combat is allowed).

[Arioch]

I think the Phidi will be more intimidating when they gain the ability to hire mercenaries.