The rules currently state:
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Players are removed from the game if they do not send
orders for the first turn,
do not send orders for three turns in a row during the
first ten turns, or do
not send in orders for six turns in a row after turn
ten. Planets are reduced to
0 population and industry and all ships are destroyed
at the beginning of the
turn in which the player is removed.
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I propose that this be changed to read:
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Players are removed from the game if they do not send
orders for the first turn,
do not send orders for three turns in a row during the
first ten turns, do not
send in orders for six turns in a row after turn ten,
or do not send in orders
on any turn in which they do not own any planets.
Planets are reduced to 0
population and industry and all ships are destroyed at
the beginning of the turn
in which the player is removed.
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Note that the added text is "or do not send in orders
on any turn in which they
do not own any planets."