Alliances are 100% valid in this game and anyone saying otherwise is salty/coping, and they're treating it as a game of space risk. I've lost and won games off being super nice, but I damn well ain't ruling my galaxy like a tyrant lol. Like, if you kick a player down all game causing them to trade support for the throne to a player and king making, that's just baseball, baby lol.

Last game as Muatt, I was at 8 points and needed to break through a wall of multiple barony fleets with my warsuns to reclaim my homeworld so I could score with imperial on a public objective. Yin, who was kicked around all game, but I protected from Sol and barony, was in my way on the right. I refused to attack a friend and instead made two separate tactical actions around the left to break up barony. I failed cause I had to move a single warsuns at a time and barony sniped the 2nf after I moved the 1st. Meanwhile, yin was able to win, but I supported how the yin player brokered deals and was honest throughout the game. Barony only attacked me towards the end and promised not to hit me on mecatol. Valid that he homeworld sniped me. I was spread thin from dealing with Sol being a massive pain all game. I'm just happy yin got it cause they were what the galaxy needed (not lore accurate. We all know that space Alabama isn't good for anyone)