posted 03-15-99 12:18 PM ET        

A. a Colony Pod you spent so much effort to build and put so many hopes in gets effortlessly and hopelessly blasted

B. some opponent's unit pops out of nowhere and pops (under your nose) the Unity Pod you sent a scout a long way for

A 1. same as A. and you don't have at hand a recent/decent save (IronMan / autosave off)

B 1. you console yourself if the other player unleashes something bad (...spawns a school of MW, or a red bloom )

B 2. you don't console yourself tho if you pay the price for B1. (MW attack you, you lose land improvements and don't have Centauri techs)

AB(ominable). your price in B2. is A.

Reportedly, (one of the) last utterings from Jeff Goldblum in the remake of 'The Fly'.