I was wondering if any of the AI programmers among you knew how to make NPC forces fully active (i.e. attack players/build ships/replace lost stations etc). I remember seeing an AII map once that had two NPC's that worked, so i know it can be done.

Thanks  
T-Man

Oh yeah. Thanks dude  

It seems that you have to assign it a race or it crashes the map when you try to use it. My guess is it uses the race designation to select a techtree AI to follow.

In other words an NPC cannot be active unless the NPC is one of the main races, as its only these races have AI techtree's to follow.