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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Actually, this CAN be avoided. Put the homeworld in a system connected to the outside by only a one-way warp point. Then put a system grav shield in that system, or make a level 5 obsure nebula there (can't kill it if you can't see it) That way, they can be beat down to one world.. but no one can ever destroy the homeworld. So they can't kill the race.
That would be quite effective. You could probably make system grav shield an ability of the home system, and if you take a hint from MM's recent typo, you can make a system type that is Ztorm or something, so storm clearers won't even clear the storm. Will the grav shield ability block the possible attempt to turn the home system's star into a ringworld? If not, you could just specify that the "winning" ringworld can't be in the safe home system. You could also put some good colonizable planets in the same home systems, to allow a good safe and productive base area for each player.