Re: This may be too many planets...
	
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		i dont know if you could make it impassible, but you could create a destructive border between subsystems.  wormholes would have to be placed in each system with the map editor. 
 
also, you will have to tweak crystiline solar resource generation.  lowering it by 1/4 or 1/9 will actually be harder on crystiline races, as there will be no trinary systems for them to take advantage of. 
 
and stardestroyers will be really harsh in this... ouch. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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