Encounter

When you collide with a battlegroup in either HyperSpace or TrueSpace, or with an inhabited planet (in TrueSpace), you are presented with a screen showing the image and the name of the planet (Deep Space if the encounter is in HyperSpace; the planet is then randomly generated), as well as the size of the battlegroup (or ships filling the entire screen at homeworlds, which means that they come in infinite numbers and do not yield Spoils of War).

You have the option of either conversing with the aliens or attacking them. You can first save the game or change the music, sound and cyborg options.