I think if the regional capital was destroyed then that system might have the chance of rebelling and form a new empire. The palace facility, or regional govt building, or whatever should have a large impact on happiness throughout the system. If it is lost then the pops steadily get more restless.
Likewise, if the galactic capital is captured or destroyed then the entire empire would become extremely unhappy and half of it would automatically split off. This would give added importance to the galactic capital or homeworld. There might be a small possibility of breaking up into even morethan two, but only if you are a LARGE empire.
So which worlds would split off? Well i agree with most all of dmm's post below. Probably need some changes here or there, but that is why the rest of us are out here posting.
What does everyone else think?
3a) for instance. The loss of your homeworld would make the people very unhappy throughout your empire. So probably every planet would be neer rioting anyway.
And Deathstalker Civ is where i stole this idea from in the first place. And yes barbarians or pirates would be nice, they would spice the game up a bit. But this is another topic which deserves it's own thread.
And dogscoff I read everything in this post and reply to everyone. I really want to see this thing put in the game.
Any feedback is always welcome! The more the merrier.
BTY would it be a good idea to have a civil war petition sent to MM, or would that be worthless?
[This message has been edited by chewy027 (edited 06 April 2001).]