I have vaguely heard that there would be a "grant independance" system in the game, but I haven't heard anything about it in a long while.
I personally think that if a system was to leave you, then it should appear in the diplomacy list, so you can peacefully regain control of it some time in the future - after much hard work, of course.
I agree with what Centurion said though, Reinhardt. Being able to control random events in the way you described it removes the random point of them.
I totally agree that the option to turn them on or off should be included, but that about all the control I would want.
Don't worry though, somone may make a mod for it one day, although I personally think it is unlikely.
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As I always post in threads about random events, the list of random events that me and OmnIQ came up with can he found here:
Not that they are anything near the "official" random events though; they're just ideas.
