yeah had to dig this up from announcements a while ago

Planet trades that are not between family or allied members are not allowed.

I dont understand how this can be IA.
I am interested in some planets a family has in one sector so I trade them for planets I have in their core, I can't see any IA in that, I mean we can fight for those planets and do a lot of blood but if the family agree there's no blood in it, as long as it doesnt cause disadvantege on other families.

I fully understand that no1 wants a small organized group to be able to monopilze a galaxy. I do however think this is a step in the wrong direction, allow me to elaborate myself.

There's a whole economic dimension that could be added to the game, yet this rule kind of limits it in my opninion.  I vote for trying to find a way to implent these "illegal actions" in to the game (to some extent). Just how this is done isn't up to me, but i'll give an example to clarify what i'm trying to say in the shape of a fictive rule: 

"2 non allied families are allowed to trade non offensive ops against gcs." Implent something like this into relations page that makes this trade possible. This way you can monitor (and control!!) what's been traded.

This was just an example to explain what i'm trying to say. What rules should be invented is up to the creativity of the mod team & community. I just wanted to point out that you could do more with this. You can change the game, witouth making real drastic changes(such as new units or something). You can also monitor and can control just how far it is allowed to go in my expamle. A coordinated offensive Opp-strike is still illegal and not possible because you're not present with the possiblity to do so on relations page. You can make it so that the opps that are part of the deal need to be executed on relations page, that way the gc can be transfered as the op is done?that would also  make it impossible that "free gc" is sent around the galaxy.

Or we could all be a conservative bunch and keep doing what we do every round untill it's gets boring. I personally feel we IC needs things to be added instead of limited and i also think changes like this could make the game more fun.

Problem is, guys, this isn't "Risk"

i was always told that sharing of non-offensive opps and general info found out through the great vine (like knowing someone is low on moral, or opps, was legal, but offencive opps and or coordinated attacks were expressly forbidden

I don't think one alliance is the same as what ps means.

"I dont understand how this can be IA.
I am interested in some planets a family has in one sector so I trade them for planets I have in their core, I can't see any IA in that, I mean we can fight for those planets and do a lot of blood but if the family agree there's no blood in it, as long as it doesnt cause disadvantege on other families."

I would like to see this addressed.....

NAP's closed outside relation page aren't official. They are outside this game's "legal system"(=rules)  ... your example kinda sucks, cuz there are laws/rules  that apply to dead body's in cars

If you sign a nap through rel page, you can't attack the other family. --> automatically enforced rule ... pretty similar to market taxes.

IA a different rule that isn't auto-enforced ( similar to having multiple account)

the 48hr deal is an unofficial agreement (check "the guide, nothing mentioned about it).

I have to admit that adding the cancelation time to the rules might benefit the game ... It would defently stop a lot of the(sometimes justified)  b****ing in uni news

Question, is this breaking the rules?

Earlier this round one of my long range planets was taken by someone.. and I didn't really have the patience to worry about retaking it so I told somebody else in that system that there was a defenseless planet in that system that was just taken from me and they could have it if they wanted it.

lol, is that illegal?