[Mistwraith]

A war correctly fought attacks and demoralises the smaller planets first, this removes the support for the bigger ones, leaving them vunerable.

Keeping your large still reasonably large and your smaller positive and active is a juggling act worthy of a X factor 1st prize, any hc, and this is a job that falls squarely on those shoulders, should be proud of their achiement, however failing to do so does not make them sucky or useless, every set of hc that has done it has had their alliance come 1st without doubt, its an almost impossible task.

How many of the above posters are HC ?
How many of the above posters have tried ?

Walk a mile in those shoes 1st, then come back and tell the forums how it could have been done and what went wrong .