[QuarianRex]

Originally posted by Loser:
And then all that's left is to make empire protraits of Kurita, Marik, Davion, Liao, and Steiner.

Ha! Ahh... Batletech flashbacks. So many memories.

As far as the race setup goes I agree that all the races should be human dirivatives (a.k.a. Oxy/Rock) but the rest of the setup should be as diverse as 2000 will allow. Empires usually war/break-up due to their differences, not their similarities. Having a segment of the empire succede due to industial-level-genetic-engineering/reckless-manipulation-of-the-temporal-continuum/economically-unbalancing-reliance-upon-crystaline-technology/ultraorthodox-devotion-to-an-outdat ed-faith/the-emergence-of-the-mentally-gifted-next-stage-of-humanity is far more likely (and more interesting) scenario than a litteral war of the clones.

Granted, since this is the first generation seperation of humanity it may be prudent to have a max limit of one racial tech per race so it doesn't get goofy. This could be a very interesting game.