Playing Turns.
Turn 0 stuff...
The small spore ship has no computer meaning it wont be much good against any advanced AI... fortunately the cats aren't advanced.
Micro'd lots of worlds for defenses and ecolocy and stuff.
The first few turns involved assembling a fleet to attack the cats, they attacked our world with a significant fleet but 11 missile bases ate it for breakfast.
I design a new colony ship for the express purpose of colonizing cleansed worlds. Normal colony module, move 3, durally, battle scanner (we need a scanner ship anyway) and comp1. About 11 spores too. The additional stuff is actually pretty cheap, even for a throwaway (like 150BC for 11 spores with significantly better to-hit than our small disposable sporeships have)
We research Class5 shields -> Planetary X, also steal HyperV from the cats.
The invasion of catworld 1 is launched, only 83 our of 255 spore ships survive!
But Fierias is left a dead husk! ripe for colonization!
The bears immediately call to *****

.
The humans call and whine about our use of biological weapons being inexcusiable. Well excuse me silly pink hairless apes, it's only inexcusable to those who HAVEN'T been genocided yet! Don't hear the cats on Fierias complaining.
The attrition in destroying the first cat world had been awful but fortunately the spore ship creation rate was ~125/turn and I had sent a bunch of reinforcements to the 2nd cat world (Those 2 turns away) in anticipation of taking out both worlds in consecutive turns.
However upon arriving in orbit there's only 182 spore ships... with 14 missile bases, capable of knocking out about 40 ships a wave, with 3 waves, that'd leave only 62 ships getting into range, then a turn later 20, then a turn later, none. And the problem is the defenses don't get any weaker. I decide to hang in orbit a turn (retreat without firing shots but then re-rally back to the planet) and wait for the next turns reinforcements.
After this battle some cat ships were caught loitering at Fierias (and shot down) and the colony ship landed - only to find there was a hitch! Al tough the planet WAS now perfectively terraformed it was also neck-deep in dead cats! Leaving precious little room to live until all the cat carcasses are cleared away. The planet is set to ecology, 7 additional pop is sent in to help with the cleanup and funds are diverted from the reserve. Although a tragedy, things will be made right.
The cat leader calls up and asks for peace. I accept.
The next turn the cats learn just how much my word is worth when not 182, but 315 death ships turn up at their remaining world (

). The one cat ship in orbit runs away

, yeah that'll help! The population is wiped out in a single volley.
GNN reports the demise of the Mrrshans at the hands of the Mrrshans:
Apparently the remaining cats on their fleeing ship, instead of seeking refuge, decided to commit mass suicide

. That or the lizards have a great ssspin department. (It wasssn't usss, it was the pesssky feline insssurgents)
The Sakkra call not to ***** about the extermination of the cats (at their OWN hands! GNN says so!) but about our reckless expansion and how they'll have to stop us. Bark more silly roborodents.
The Humans declare war on us!
Altough cunning, their plan to make the lizards die laughing ultimately failed.
Next turn I've amassed enough ships to make a probing attack on the Darkloks,
before:
The darkships despite their high mobility had immense trouble hitting our fighters (a welcome relief after fighting the cats), due to a miscalculation their planet survives (I was trying to figure out when a ship adjacent to a planet will drop it's spores when ordered to retreat). Meaning, the next player gets to gas both darkworlds.
Anyway, AFTER running out of missiles:

(I had no beamers)
On the final interturn the Bulrathi declared war. Maybe they have a slightly better plan than the humans, but I doubt it.
Also the RNGods have a going away present for me, or maybe it's for the next turnplayer, dunno, but usually comet events are for me.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THE PLANET IS OUR WESTERNMOST PLANET. I HAVE NOT SET UP COMET DEFENSES