Master of Orion 3 has gone gold and the official release date is Feb 25th. I hope you don't mind if I do some advertising, but the forum of my site The Master of Orion 3 Guardian is searching for new members. I've opened it a few days ago and hope that you're interested in joining our community.

Hope to see you soon,
Vitruv a.k.a. Bladefist @ The Master of Orion 3 Guardian