Proportions + Devnull + special ingredients = Derek's Mod Gold

[Tnarg]

As far as ideas go, what about:

1) One more round of troops. What are there so far? Infantry, mobile, small, and large? I really like the diversity of sizes in the fighter class, so maybe a little bit more diversity in the ground troops. Huge troops. (For those of us that like to build them anyhow.)

2) I read in some novel somewhere that an advanced alien race used "Organic Engines". The engines were basically a special species so evolved that it basically could manipulate time/space. In SEIVGold perspective they could be sort of an Organic branch solar sail, gravitic drive, or something.
2b) Utlimatley these organic engines folded space like the "Guild Steersman" from dune. Obvisouly creating warp points is a bit more complex, or is it? Perhaps one of the racial traits combined with the Stellar manipulation tech that allows warp point manipulation. Cheaper?, Farther Distance?

3) The Kaon torpedoes are great, as is the X-ray bomb pumped lasers (for picking off weapon platforms) Perhaps some more excotic weapons to expound on incorporting unconventional quantum physics, or any other new and theorized phields of physics.

4) Quantum Computer technology and facilities for defeating intelligence programs of other races.

5) I still would like to really see one of the gunboats to be able to load boarding parties. Yes I know that it is a coding issue. But darn it, would that be fun.

6) Some sort of component that would enable one to turn an asteroid belt into a drone or missle arsenal. Manipulation of asteroid trajectories to turn them into heavy bombardment missles, or in for praticallity drones with only planet warheads. Only works in the system that there is a targeted planet and asteroid.

7) More crystalline technology. For what one spends, there is so little to offer. Perhaps a few more tech levels, and the higher level weapons, really do heavy armor skipping damage.

8) Perhaps one or two more classes of ships. Really, really big, 5000kt or so, but really, really expensive. The pride of the fleet, the secret weapon, the one that decides all. The one that bankrupts your empire.

9) Is there any way to incorporate an area effect weapon. I have noticed a few AI grouping their ships in a tight formation. I think MOOII had a few area affect weapons to break up formations. Of course this is not MOOII, but you would know more than me as to if area effect weapons are possible in SEIVGold. I fear that this is a no, pehaps in SEV.

I have plenty more locked up in the ol brain, but I have an empire to run. If interested in any more let me know. Some of it is pretty off the wall bizzarre stuff though. Stuff that I don't think the current SEIV programing can do.

Thanks for spending the time to read this.