[Arkcon]

What I want is hard sci-fi. Very few colonizible planets, all harsh environments. Use them for your research facilities or intel centers. I'd like a galaxy map patterned after our stellar neighbors.

Gain resources by remote mining, remove the % loss. Remote miners pay maintenance and need supplies shuttled to them -- no drop it an forget it.

Each race gets a special weapon and defense. One race gets antiproton beams, one race gets organic armor, one race gets phased shields, one race get phased polaron beams. Otherwise fight with DUC's and defend with normal shields.

With limited resources, you slug it out with your fleet of escorts, frigates, destroyers, light cruisers and maybe a battleship or carrier as a flagship. (We're kinda here with the ankle-biters mod). Whatever you can afford ... but don't lose them all in combat, or your planets are defenseless.

I always wanted to do this mod, but I have no skill.