There was an article posted on Massassi about a person writing their in-game experience in a space simulator that has economy and war and a really fascinating AI, and I'm trying to figure out where that original article was posted, and the name of the game, potentially even the original thread. Can anyone give me some help, I've looked an awful lot.

The game was Galciv 2. You're looking for the diary and war reports posted on computerandvideogames dot com.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/161570/blog/galciv-2-war-report-final-entry/

Aaaah, thank you.

I never liked galciv 2, I hate ship design.
StarDrive is amazing though, everybody buy it and scare the AI into going to war with you.