The report screen gives a list of the most advanced eight items of technology in each of the areas. You can also see any treaties or wars that are currently in effect for that race. The report will be updated every turn if you have at least one spy in the enemy’s empire. Otherwise, the report will indicate when the last reliable report was.

The Audience screen will allow you to initiate negotiations with any race that you are in contact with. The menu at the bottom of the screen will show you the areas that you may discuss with the other empires. Any items currently unavailable for discussion will be darkened. The possible areas of negotiation are:

Propose Treaty: lets you choose the type of treaty to propose:
• A Peace Treaty is signed to end a state of war between races. The better the war is going for you the more likely your opponent will be to want peace. If your enemy is winning the war it is unlikely that you can get him to sign a peace treaty.
• A Non-Aggression Pact allows your ships to co-exist peacefully in orbit if there is not a colony in the system. Sending your fleet to the other race’s colonies will still provoke an attack on those ships and could easily break the non-aggression pact.
• An Alliance prohibits any fighting between the two allies, and allows each ally to use the other’s planets for refueling. Allies are expected to come to each other’s aid in war. Also, as long as the Alliance is in effect, any troop tranports sent to an ally’s world are automatically destroyed. You can also try to influence an empire’s relations with other races. You may ask an emperor to break alliances or declare war on other races.