[WJF2011]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Here's my answer to Barry's challenge.

Newton
1 67 971 2415
2 1592 1718 706
3 1208 910 2137
4 842 16 1922
5 525 1551 558
6 2619 1902 1073
7 294 2771 226
8 868 177 308

1       2
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  1-|-2
 /     \
5       6

Galileo
1 217 1625 51
2 2056 1717 100
3 188 3138 2122
4 1714 1305 694
5 1696 365 1466
6 1735 1086 271
7 63 1058 2016
8 78 230 56

1       2
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  1-|-2
 /     \
4       3

Curie
1 1114 469 386
2 1986 573 88
3 1732 1676 830
4 2337 111 624
5 27 2775 2410
6 2648 2345 1912
7 1421 231 368
8 2612 175 1511

1       2
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5       3

Archimedes
1 25 33 604
2 148 1918 234
3 254 330 3280
4 118 71 341
5 70 2062 1519
6 359 997 1124
7 2574 1 201
8 190 1772 1629

1       2
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  1-|-3
 /     \
4       3

If I were to rank these alliance from strongest to weakest, they would be in the following order:

1. Curie 1114 469 386
2. Newton 67 971 2415
3. Archimedes 25 33 604
4. Galileo 2056 1717 100

I have only scouted Newton, but I am inclined to agree with all of your selections there.