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Originally posted by Q:
I agree with most of what you all said.
Additionally I would like to make the counter-intel easier, more or less like in SE III but with the proposed factor of loyalty as additional race modifier, that you can determine in the race setup.
I like the idea of a minumum time necessary to complete a specific intel project very much: like you can only build a ship at the construction rate of your space yard you would only be able to add a certain number of intel points to a specific intel projects per turn.
And I would really like working facilities (like the fate shrine is supposed to do, but doesn't) and may be components, that decrease the success chance of enemy intel operations in a system and/or on a planet. May be even some facility/component (expensive!) that renders a planet/ship immun against PPP or crew conVersion.
Well, I pointed out a long time ago that it makes no sense for all the units to go over with the planet. If you have troops on a planet they ought to remain loyal and fight it out with the population. That's one of the
purposes of a garrison, after all. To protect from foreign invasion and to put down rebellion.
For ships, the Boarding Parties consist of space marines and ought to react against a crew insurrection just as troops ought to react against a PPP. This would result in the "use" of the Boarding parties, of course, and you'd have to get the ship repaired but this is much better than loss of a ship.
Other than these direct counter-measures, the happiness level of your empire ought to be reflected in resistance to subVersion. If all of your planets are 'jubilant' then why would people suddenly declare independence? And the same goes for ships. An empire full of angry and rioting planets would be quite different. Rebellion would be quite easy to stir up in this situation.
[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 20 September 2001).]