Neutral Races

[alien2]

Forgive my ignorance if there is an obvious answer to this but upon encountering another race during the game, is there a simple way to immediately determine whether the race is a neutral race or a competitor race, short of memorising all the competitive races in the game ??

Do you think planet populations ought to consume organics ?? The higher the population, the greater the consumption, with a deficit in production resulting in starvation and a population decrease ???

Also, what is the point of reporting a 17% reproduction rate when the population has reached it's maximum level, or are we simply to assume that the death rate is also 17%
Just a thought.

Best wishes to all fellow SEIV players.