[Growltigger]

If Aaron is reading or ever reads these Posts, I do hope he can tweak SEV so you do have communication lag.

I used to play Starfire the board game and one of the best bits for me was the interface between orders and communication. Unless one of your ships had somehow got a message to your command and control centre that an invading fleet from the Horrible Empire of Wubbya the Woothless was attacking your outer systems, you couldnt just merrily intercept it with the 6th Fleet on the pretense that "hey, they were going to that system on maneuvres"!! - you had to work out how long it took the message to get back home (depending on how it was sent as light speed transmissions couldnt get thru warp points) and how long it took your orders to the fleet to get to them...

the other thing I would like would be survey and scanning rules, in order to decelerate the time it takes to plant colonies and find warp points, how'sa about your science ships having to survey the system for planets, planet type and then warp points so that it takes a few goes....

more realistic, more fun

just MHO