"Not only do your allies keep offering you the same treaty you already have. They are perfectly ok with bLasting my ships and planets alike while mine don't shoot since we are allied. Result: alot of dead people and ships killed by my so called "allies". Had they only returned fire they would have pulverized the opposition. So my guess is that the AI doesn't realise you are allied even though all the benefits from the alliance (trade) do come through while my forces realise the alliance is in place and thus do not return fire on "allied" ships. Not even when I attack."
I had the same problem a few times until I discovered that often, tactical combat starts with the enemy ship selected and displayed. Enemy ships cannot fire on their own team. The enemy ship was a similar configuration as my own so I didn't notice the change. Just click on your own ship to gain control.
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Steve
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