[Dracus]

How about this for an add-on to the game?

A ship that is damaged to the point were it can't move remains in the game. The crew over time starves to death due to lack of supplies, This will then add a use for repair ships and supply ships. Once the crew is dead the ship remains but does not draw maintance from the empire that built it. Then scavager ships from any empire can stake a claim on the ship and salvage it. battles could be fought over the ownership of the ship.
(we must not let the prototype star distroyer fall into enemy hands.) We could even add some type of virus that kills the crew off. Then the first race to get to the ship can add a crew and take control. helping ally stranded ships would gain favor with that empire.

The only real changes I wish would be made to the game is for more use of the population. Like ships can't be used if there are no trained crews for them. Adding ship schools and such. (sir we have 20 battleships in the yard but only have 5 trained crews.) make it were only a % of your population can be miltary personal. Out of that % comes your crews, pilots, and troops. You can build all the hardware you want, but if you have not people, you can't use it.

Then you could add a % chance that if a crew is mostly of one race, they rebel and take the ship. well until you have distroyed the races empire.

just thinking!!!