If we do this again I'd like to try a modified version. Everyone is entitled to the outposts that are closer to them than anyone else. You're allowed to move drillers as well as hire specialists, but you can't launch any attacks against people until the 10 hires come up. While the 10 hire surprise wouldn't come up, it would allow people to build a much larger army and might make things more cold-warish.
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