Magic Mod

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I will shortly begin work on a new mod. It will focus on Wizards and Magic. "Systems" shall represent an entire planet. "Planets" shall be various sized cities. There population levels range from 1 to 15 million. You do not colonize planets. Instead, you send a "Subjugation Force" to take control of the already populated city. This is done using "Colony Modules". New "colonies" are filled with population by default. Very few weapons will be able to target cities. The only ones so far are going to be Plagues and such, which will be extremely expensive to research and build. The "Stars" will become Mana Nodes. Some planets will be inherently more Mana Rich than others. The way to get Mana will be to build Solar Resource generators that make Rads. I am not sure what I'll call them yet.

The mod will be designed to play on very small maps, like 10-20 systems.

The planet types are changed to:
Rock = Surface Cities
Ice = Subterranean Cities
Gas Giant = Ariel Cities

I am not sure yet what Atmospheres will be.

Resources are as follows:
Minerals = Basic Building Materials: stone, lumber, metal, etc. They will mostly be used for facilities and physical weapons.
Organics = Food: will be used to build facilities, and almost all units.
Radioactives = Mana (magical energy): used for casting spells, summoning monsters, etc.

The vehicle types are (of course) drastically altered:
Ships = Wizards. The only way to travel to other planets is by using teleportation spells at specific locations (warp points). Ship weapons will be very weak, forcing the usage of Spells (drones) and Monsters (fighters). They will have 1 engine, called a Spell of Mobility or something.
Fighters = Monsters, Illusions, Shadows, etc. Fighters become Summoned Creatures. I want to make these the main fighting forces. They will cost Mana and Food to summon.
Drones = Spells. Wizards will fight primarily by casting spells (launching drones). They will cost Mana exclusively. There will be 5 levels of spells. Higher level magics will be larger, requiring a larger drone (higher level spell).
Satellites = Traps, Wards, etc. They will be placed by Wizards and Cities as immobile defenses.
Weapon Platforms = Not quite sure yet.
Bases = Not quite sure yet.
Troops = Soldiers. Basic human (or other races) ground troops used to protect cities and invade enemy cities.

I have set this post up as a poll to see what kind of interest there is in this type of mod.