Yeah it was a really schweet game. I was working my diplomatic skills like crazy and focused on expanding to as many colonies to crank out research points, but in hindsight I screwed up. I didnt even build a military until it was almost too late. I started research on one of the earlier boxes along the tech path victory and out of nowhere the Terrans, the Korx, and the Drath declared war on me within 2 turns. The only thing that really saved me was an event that resulted in me getting a Pre-Cursor Ranger ship that was rocking. I almost surrendered when I got to the last tech and saw that it would take 55 turns. Then I got the last random anomoly that advanced current tech by 25 percent and I held on for the win with 1 planet left. It was pretty cool.
I think I might start a thread where people can post memorable victories or losses. Is there one like that already?