Love the idea! There could also be the good old Marriage between citizen of empire 1 with citizen of empire 2 which results in diplomacy points towards that empire if you make a gift, and negative points towards enemies of them or such.

well isnt that just the same as paying pirates to protect you? when you do that they exactly do as you say they escort your ships and attack other empires/pirates no?

<r> My first few games i never bothered to build Resort Bases, but OMG was i wrong!<br/>
This is an Starting empire with around 27 colonies in 20 systems, just 1 resort base covers all my troop expenses!<br/>
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do i need to have more stock then demand? or is there only demand if i dont ahve enough?

Hey,

is it enough if i have 1 base "farming" a resource? or should i get multiple? how do i know how many i need then?