<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Mad Russian<br/>
Has anyone thought to just wait a few more days and see what you got? <br/>
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BEFORE you start telling them what you wanted to have?<br/>
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I've never seen anything like this before.<br/>
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Good Hunting.<br/>
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MR
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In my view the Galaxy Map with all nebulas and clouds looks real enough. What 4X space games have a better Galaxy Map? The Immortal Empires has too abstract and unreal map, IMHO.

Of course, that is a matter of taste.

New wish:)

- private colony ships. They'll found semi-independent colonies, in other words to create the new factions of our race. Such colonies will be under our protectorate. Of course rich and developed semi-independent colonies can break off relations with our empire.

<r> The pool of potential mods. <br/>
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- Babylon 5 (needs fighters, jump gates, advanced diplomacy - common projects several races like the station Babylon 5) <br/>
- Star Wars (needs fighters, a small variety of ground forces) <br/>
- Star Trek (ST will do for modding) <br/>
- BSG (needs ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: drillerman<br/>
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Hi Sarus,<br/>
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Did you draw the ships yourself? They are very good!!
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My sources are google and efni.org. I used only Photoshop for the transformation of pictures and the creation of engines (pure blue lines ...

<r> Pending the release DW... some B5 ships:)<br/>
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Hyperion-class heavy cruiser:<br/>
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<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Son_of_Montfort<br/>
I refer you to the "This game is not Sword of the Stars" statement I made... [:'(] Cosmic Locusts... really? I think Kerberos might get more than a little angry about that.
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I've played SotS not enough.<br ...

<t> 1. Major events.<br/>
- Supernova explosion<br/>
- Planetary catastrophe<br/>
- Invasion of the swarm of cosmic locusts. Cosmic locusts will devour planets, moons, stars... It's galactic calamity.<br/>
etc<br/>
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2. Technologies of the Transhuman Era for highly developed empires: <br ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>The factors that affect corruption and the resulting loss of tax revenue are government type and some racial characteristics. IIRC there's some bonus ruins that affect this too.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Can the huge empire (100-200 systems, e.g.) has a chance to reduce ...

<t> I'll try to disclose my wishes about domestic politics.<br/>
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It seems elections, factions and lobbying group within the empires require serious improvement of the game concept, therefore it's rather a dream than my real wish.<br/>
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The easiest and best way is the realization of ...

Super!
But how many the new empires can we have?

<r> Could anyone make out all the research areas on this screen?<br/>
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+ my humble opinion.
I think the elections, the factional struggle, random political events could be a good feature of potential Expansion Pack. Imagine how this can diversify and deepen the gameplay.

<t> What are the ways to reduce corruption? The development of certain technologies? New forms of government? Release of distant colonies? Or something else?<br/>
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And one more question: can happen coup d'état or revolution in the empire?<br/>
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I'm sorry for my bad English. I'm a big ...