Whatabout a pre-warp scenario?
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That is humans are the only ones with warpdrive, other civs have super high tech in other fields and 100 billion pop on homesystem worlds.
Perhaps the yor would have colonised a few systems nearby.. and some minors have been tricked into building open stargates, thus having some colonies for some others too.
This would be a game where you as humans would get to spread far and fast almost without opposition.. until the aliens manage to spy the secret from you
Including the stargate tech, which would allow transport between gate-systems, which would be the only tech for the aliens during a large part of the game..
Then including the option, as mentioned, to visit the Altarians to figure out the mystery.. which is afaik missing from the game
Maybe even trade the warp-tech to those you thrust.. problem just being that they would be way ahead of humans tech-wise..
Perhaps the yor would have colonised a few systems nearby.. and some minors have been tricked into building open stargates, thus having some colonies for some others too.
This would be a game where you as humans would get to spread far and fast almost without opposition.. until the aliens manage to spy the secret from you
Including the stargate tech, which would allow transport between gate-systems, which would be the only tech for the aliens during a large part of the game..
Then including the option, as mentioned, to visit the Altarians to figure out the mystery.. which is afaik missing from the game
Maybe even trade the warp-tech to those you thrust.. problem just being that they would be way ahead of humans tech-wise..