[Miles]

Well, there are things that need to be done to improve the UI (User Interface.) The UI gets cumbersome when you have a big empire. These things include:
- When you are working your way down a list and goto an item, usually there is no way to quickly return to your place in the list.
- The 'Ships/Units' screen has no way to display just Fleets PLUS ships that are not currently assigned to a fleet.

Lots of people have asked for the ability to create facilities/components that have additional empire-wide effects. For example:
- An empire-wide 'happiness' generator.
- An empire-wide ship/fleet experience generator (perhaps coupled with an empire-wide 'unhappiness' generator.)
- An empire-wide robotoid factory.

Ring Worlds/Sphere Worlds (RW/SW) have almost no reason to exist. It would be nice if they had some additional abilities. For example:
- Maybe RW/SW might serve as platforms for the new empire-wide facilities.
- Maybe RW/SW might be able to perform some of the Stellar Manipulation (SM) effects AT A DISTANCE (IE shoot storms at enemy planets, destroy planets, poison/destabilize warp points, etc
- Perhaps a RW/SW might serve as a platform for a long range artillery facility. IE target ships/planets on the strategic screen. This would give SE4 modders the ability to recreate the 'Guns of Navaronne' scenario.

Miles