Ha...Ha...No.
Beta Tesla
They despise our villiny, They fear our military, they enjoy our technology...
I Like It!
Mabey one of your "advisors" will pop up in a window and point out that the Drengin are useing a Yor design.
That should work in reverse too. So is System Artemis breaks off, The Drengin might end up getting it?
Proposing your own bills is a NEAR NESSECITY. Collabarating with friends is also a MUST. Expanded Council would be NICE.
Having another civ come and colonize a good world before you? It really boils down to "Hey, I saw it first". The ability to Claim a world before you Colonize would nice. The way it could work is a survey ship could just park in orbit of a system and keep the other civs from taking it. It's like when Spainish explorers hit land, stick a flag in the ground, and claim it for Spain. What do you think?
It seems to me that a blockade would HAVE to block most, if not all planetary trade. Second, that planets produtction would shift completely to military production.(not nessessaraly ships, a huge "Sky Beam" might scare off a blockade.) Third, Planet revenue would be cut. not all the way to zero, just to half for example. What do you say?
Back to the issue os minor races IN GAL CIV. I say that all races start out as a "Minor Race" Then at the end of the year, The top 6 races are declared major. The list would be updated yearly, so mabey the Yor get severly weakened, drop off the major list, and the Alexians take their place. Whos with me?
But when formally dealing with others, we usually aren't slouching on the sofa. Then again, its alien customs, so it could work, if the graphic designers have time for it. Personally, I hope so... the traditional bust por
For balancing sakes it would probably be good if each race had a pre-defined start system, especially if saturn was turned into a cultural bonus world as TheJopa suggests. So how does that fit with custom races? Do you get to build your own Starting System? How should that work?