maybe I mean the RST. I assumed that the host creates both after running the turn and that it is the xyplan.dat that contains the ships' positions in the universe etc...
What happened is this:
turn 28 - MBR intercepts the sucking obelisk (presumably to suck ALL ships within 150 LY). Of course this ship is cloaked and there are
turn 29 - my map shows 7 MBRs and various other ships (all mine) -- brought in for robbing purposes -- all properly sucked in.. no other ships.. but I can see other Crystal ships within 150 LY that SHOULD have been sucked in.. hmmmph I think; guess this doesnt apply to other races, only the initating race.. I mark it down on my docs for this obelisk.. there is an MBR with fuel and damaged (not cloaked) and a probe..
turn 30.. much to my surprise, the damaged MBR and the probe are towed and captured, a big ass webfield is laid (centered on the ex-obelisk spot) and there is about 15 crystal ships scattering like cockroaches..
Crystal command is probably thinking I missed a turn or something

So what I believe happened is something like this:
Host runs - processes the fact that I triggered the obelisk and sucked in my 10 or so ships.. creates the turn and sends it off to me.. then the Crystal ships get sucked in, the host creates that turn and sends it to the Crystal player... so My turn shows my ships only there.. the Crystal's turn shows his ships (along with any of my uncloaked ships).
Can't really provide the RST, since this would provide a whole bunch of info to too nmany current players

and it would only be valuable relative to the Crystals RST (ie: what did he get compared to mine..). It would be very interesting to see his turn 29 RST/xyplan, cuz I dont see how else he could have done what he did.. without his ships having been sucked in...
The client is 3.52.005 -- not really sure why that would make a difference though, since it should just extract whatever info the host provides it...and generate the visual star map..
In any case, if anyone can provide a better explanation, I'd be interested to hear it.. but for now, whats done is done.. just wanted to let the galaxy know that the crystals have a bunch of MBRs basically dropped in his lap
-shipless Pirate