[Celegans]

My SE-V wish list items:

1. A Linux runtime!

2. Separate "jump drives" from sub-light drives. A jump drive component would be required to traverse a warp point, but gets you nowhere else. The sub-light drive gets you around the system but cannot get you through a warp point. The Highliner mod effects something like this, but its implementation is effectively a work-around for the fact that these two characteristics are combined together in SE-IV. Separating them would introduce interesting ship design possibilities such as the "System Ship" (ala MOO-3), or a Warp Conveyor that can do nothing more than shuttle non-warp-capable ships between two systems (the Highliner). What I like about this is that the system ships would be cheaper to build (no jump drive required) and have nore internal space for combat goodies (again, no jump drive required).

3. Pet peeve #1: Propulsion research should yield faster ships (every time).

4. Go a bit further with the synergystic facilities concept. SE-IV does this a bit (ie Robotoid Factories, Central Computer Complex). I'd like to see things that can only be created by combinations of facilities. For example, a Ship Yard facility, by itself, could create ships up to Destroyer size. A Ship Yard plus a Planetary Storage Facility allows the planet to make Light Cruisers. Add in a Space Elevator and now you can build Cruisers and Battleships. Toss in a Planetary Computing Facility and now you can make Dreads etc.

4.5 Pet Peeve #2: I'd like my ship's long-range scanners to be able to show me the details of a adversary's colonies (facilities, cargo). I think there was a missed opportunity here in SE-IV for interesting player strategizing. I would prefer, of course, to attack enemy colonies that host vital infrastructure.

5. Money. I would like to see money everywhere I look. Actually, I would like the modding capabilities to support the creation of arbitrary numbers and kinds of resources.