Arrgh, well there's a small percentage of posibility it is Civilization...

pirates!?

EDIT: no wait, you're right-that's coloniztion.

Even MOM loks simillar to that, but it's probablu col or civ.

BeefontheBone got it, Colonization it is!

Here we go - it's a much more recent game than the last couple. Not sure how easy it'll be though...

Hmmm...

Starship Titanic?

More recent, and less adventurey.

Master of Orion 3?

Very similar - right genre certainly.

Galactic civilizations?