...this:
http://www.strategyfirst.com/forum/c...002;p=2#000034
I say some kind of portability from SEV or SEVI to Starfury would be the ultimate.
I don't know if anyone in Strat is reading this, but that would be an AWESOME gaming software model:
Design three different kinds of games (turn based, first person rpg/shooter, real time - be creative!) and enable portability between them.
This would essentially exploit a concept called a gaming "universe" (I guess you could call it that).
It's almost like Maxis's Sim City and its Rush Hour and Sims programs, I think future Space Empires releases could benefit from this model - and exploit it.
Imagine:
Space Empires VI Premiere Edition:
-Space Empires VI
-Star Fury 3
-Emperor's Command
Emperor's Command could be the perspective of you, a grunt in your Empire's navy.
It would load a history file from any game you select that you've already played in SEVI. The history file would port over to EC, and the game would start in the year 2400 with you as the Emperor's assistant doing things in an rpg-like environment. Missions are created for you to participate in, and you could even conceivably change the outcome of the game you had played/are playing in SEIV while playing your role in Emperor's Command.
Then you would port over you EC game to SEIV, and pick up where it leaves off, and you can play your next turn and continue to "dictate" the future history you would want to play in later in EC.
You could even jump into StarFury seemlessly (if you had it) to take command of a ship in any fleet battle in SEIV, or revert to Emperor's Command to do the same thing from a crewman's perspective - say take part in a bording party.
I mean, think of the possibilities!