[Wade]

-----Can we have...?

- the ability to upgrade Ringworlds to Sphereworlds?

-the "Neo-Standard" shipset(or a "create your own" type system I posted earlier): *World Ship*, Base Ship, Barge, Scout, Corvette, Huge Troop, Huge Fighter, Infantry Troop, etc.?

-less expectation that newbies will or want to start modding?...a complete game with every idea...within reason?

-the ability to eventually recreate any thing that is destroyed?...Like, from what I've heard in SE4, creating a black hole is "the end" for that system. I may be mistaken.
-the ability to eventually destroy any thing created. Like a single star with a Ringworld or Sphereworld. I heard that you cannot destroy it in SE4.

-excellent Ministers? I guess this would coincide with excellent Artificial Intelligence. But I assume this is already a priority.

-the ability to travel between any stars without using Warp Points? This should include the ability to alter course to another destination if the appropriate communication technology is available. The travel should be much, much, slower and available from the start. It could be with current engines. This "conventional" travel would increase in speed with engine research; but always much, much slower than Warp Points.it should require no supplies used because it is assumed that the ships are resupplying at lesser systems in between the major systems that are shown on the map.

-a highly advanced form of travel similiar to warp point generator but leaves no warp point.

-"Stargates"? These could be a later technology that allows special intellegence missions once you aquired a pass code key to the destination Stargate and a means to bypass defenses, if any. The Stargates could also be used for easier and quicker population tranfers via a automatic migration concept. Deciding to constuct a Stargate will also open you up to these new possible forms of infiltration.

-neutral/minor empires that are significant in that they are insignificant. They would be so unimportant to the more intelligent races that their empire does not effect the major empires untill the minor advances enough to become a major; they could even be on the same planet together. The minor would then be in the same class as the other majors and can now be conquered, conquer, and colonize other systems in the new class.
There could be several layers of classes, perhaps using the empire age system(newborn,young, moderate, ancient, etc.). This would be a great way to play online so that newbie empires are not instantly conquered(this could even be a form of continuous massively muliplayer). Minors could still communicate and trade with the majors to advance quiker to the next class if the majors would even acknowledge them.
The minors will colonize and conquer systems between themselves but when one becomes a major in the new class his home planet and technology and ships is based upon his empire in the lower class.
Also, remember, all majors of one class are just minors to the next higher class...Enjoy!
I don't know all the particulars to programming but "Wouldn't this be cool?!".
-Wade