Personally, I think this is a great idea. Whole systems or Groups of systems could even band together and revolt. The home systems could even revolt (this would be much harder to organize with the high concentration of senators in the system; would also probably require out-of-game communication). This will probably turn into RL politics, with each minister or group of ministers promoting their own interests at the expense of the empire. Who knows, we may even see political parties form out of this.
The one concern I have right now is the level of involvment of the Senate. How much influence do they have in the day-to-day affairs of every planet or transport or exploration ship? Do they really even care if Planet X has enough fighters or System Y has a plague (unless that's where they're from
)? I guess the gist of my question is, does the Senate vote on every action, or are some actions only subject to the planet/system/fleet/whatever leaders?
One more question. Do I as finance minister have a say in the "invisible" financial matters, like worker or government payrolls? For example, could I get a 25% block to cut the research budget (by scrapping research facilities)? Just wondering exactly how far I can push my boundaries.
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[ December 19, 2002, 02:59: Message edited by: Krsqk ]
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