[Slynky]

I guess that kind of explanation would explain some of what RP would entail. Would certainly give the opportunity to add some "color" to the game.

I can't remember now but it seems to me I once played in a game (can't remember if it was a computer game or PBM game) where players had the option to post "news" to some sort of "galactic newswire". Also, certain significant events (treaties, battles, etc.) were oft times posted in the "galactic news" (automatically by the program). Not all of them. Just some. It added an element kind of like you're saying (perhaps). I suppose it was meant to represent how news of other empires tends to make its way through the galaxy.