True- you leave, you can't trade at all.

But can you imagine a situation where you would want to leave the UN??

I remember back in MOO1, the diplomatic victory was only yours if you were voted the UN leader
and if you were not, you had the choice to accept the leader (lose the game) or leave the UN and try to beat the newly formed galactic alliance where every race other became as one

that was crazy

The advantage is you're not affected by the UN laws the catch is you can't trade and mabye something that affect dipomacy. The only reason why I sould leave the UN is limited starbases modules if I use a lot of starbases and anyway most of my economy is based on taxes and tourism.

When they do that trade route thing for evil empires, I just research xeno ethics and buy my way back to neutral.

When they do that trade route thing for evil empires, I just research xeno ethics and buy my way back to neutral.

That’s what I did, but I still had to rebuild my trade routes. Thankfully the ships I had out at the time were way above the norm of the galaxy. I ended up with an alliance win. The UN thing was only one of the two major setbacks I had in that game.

I seriously considered quitting UN when they passed that 20% income tax for warring races. Decided instead to go for cultural victory instead though. Kind of nice when the game forces you from your anticipated victory plan.

Sorry about the noob question, but can you rejoin the UN after you leave?

I had to leave the UN because of two reasons,

The first was a 2 ....yes 2 modules on starbase vote after I had a nice three planet economy going useing the infulence of economy starbases very early in the game.

The second reason was that my bestest friend with whom I had 7 trade routes with turned against me because I wiped out some plant on a planet to make room for a city, said I was evil, so I lost all my trade. I had nothing to lose so I pull out and ended winning the game due to the fully ugraded economy starbases, 7 in all, Earth was a powerhouse and could produce a capital ship in 4 turns. Two of these ships in a fleet destroyed a "Ranger" first time out with minimal damage.

Not really inpresesd on the trade side if your going out to start a fight. Starbases rock.

"The big question I ahve, is if you leave the union do all the computer players stick to it's rules?"

My understanding is if you leave rules dont apply to you Good or Bad. Leaving ment I won the game.

something i wonder about
evil races make money from trade that passes thru thu their influence, does that still continue?
and can you still trade with minor races?
if the answer to both is yes then evil can get by quite nicely without the UP in certain situations
I played a game where the UP limited all evil races to 1 trade rout... meaning that it would have actually been profitable for me to leave if i could still trade with minors, I didnt because i wasnt sure and i was rich anyway but on higher skill levels i wonder...
i suspect that leaving UP in certain specific situations is a sensible and profitable move