I wouldn't mind having the Last known scan of a system staying on the screen for that system instead of disappearing as soon as you don't have a colony/ship/treaty/etc giving you that information. Maybe put a little bit of information in a corner stating the amount of turns it's been since you Last scanned that system or something.
Would be -very- useful for those treacherous types who get a military/partnership treaty just so they can figure out where all the spaceports/resupply depots/space yards are.
Not that I'm one of those people. Nope. Not me.
Maybe traits besides atmosphere breathed should travel with races as well. Say, resource gathering traits, plague immunity, etc.
Some traits should be empire-based while others should be racial-based. (Yes, sort of like MOO2. Capturing Silicoids could make those toxic worlds useable. Assuming you weren't overrun by the Silicoid Empire.)
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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"
[This message has been edited by Sinapus (edited 22 February 2001).]