OK, the ai in this with the alliances is alright, my only problem is that the missions they give have no relation to their alliances.  many times i was put against their own personal allies, doing hit and runs just to get a 100% happeness but then when I watch them fly through that very space they dont attack / get attacked...   So now im currently in a war wirth 3 allies that are allied with my enemies but not fighting them thus im bottled in.

locked teams is too easy I want the mission system but I want it to portray their actual state.