[Trachmyr]

Please forgive me If I repeat earlier comments, I skimmed over this thread rather quickly.

I do like the idea of a civil war (what's so civil about war anyway?), as for the way it would work... here is my suggestion:

1) It would start with the same random event that causes a planet to break away and become a neutral.

2) After one planet "breaks away", then each other planet in the system is checked to see if they join... All Rioting/angry planets join 100% of the time, unhappy/Displeased planets join 50% of the time, Indiffrent planets join 25% of the time (happier planets do not join).
NOTE: Your HOMEWORLD will never join, but captured Homeworlds are 25% more likly to join.

3) It is now determined if the new empire will be a neutral or a FULL empire... If the planets have a shipyard and have a Empire Score of say 20K (This should be changeable in setting.txt) or perhaps the empire is worth at least 10% of the original empire (again changeable), then the Empire is a FULL empire... if not, it is only a neutral.

4) If the new empire is a Full Empire, then more "checks" are made. All adjacent systems are now checked, at the same %'s as above... if atleast 1 planet converts, then that system is claimed by the new empire, and all systems adjacent to that one is checked... so, on and so forth... if happiness is low then it could spread across your entire empire.

Note: If you want to make things more difficult, if a full empire forms then the happiness of LOYAL planets in borders claimed by the new civ drops one level... before they are checked to see if they join the new empire... and the planets of the starting system of the new empire is checked again!


As for the Warp technology, I could take it or leave it... But I want the restrictions on requiring remaing movement to use stellar componets removed for bases. I really want to create a "Stargate Base".

[This message has been edited by Trachmyr (edited 06 April 2001).]