Oh, here's another one... don't know if this will apply since I don't know how SE5's combat will work out, but how about ships and planets that take up different number of squares/hexes/whatever on the combat map? Currently all ships are 1x1 and all planets are 4x4... MOO2 had 1x1, 2x2, and 3x3 ships, and 3x3 through 7x7 planets, IIRC... SE5 could go one better and have moddable ship sizes that don't even have to be squares!
Oh, BTW, is all this just speculation, or did Aaron specifically state that there WILL be an SE5? (pleasepleaseplease
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