Don't blame Mike for the lack of death dates. I made the poll as a means of settling the discussion, but I didn't put one on the poll. But it's an option to do so so i'll have to remember in future polls.

The Ferengi are already in the game as one of the most powerful minor races - they will have considerably more special structures and ship designs then most of the other races. If people want them in as an Empire, they will only need to mod the game to do it.

Those are all good ideas for Mike’s game. I, however, trust Mike to see this game through as I would a captain in the Star Trek fantasy. Those ships are not a democracy for good reason.

Mike’s work seams much like my approach to the models. We should push through to a playable beta version base on Mike’s own vision. His beta versions of the game will then attract more interest and more people willing to help. This will make options for other versions of the game doable in a reasonable time-frame. If he stops to redo each new idea in the code we may never get a complete version of the game.

My first version of the models will look like hell but you will be able to play with it. (Borg ships included)

I was pretty well settled on the existing plan for the Borg, and the only way I was going to consider overturning that plan was if there was overwhelming support for the Borg being a playable race. Since the "no" votes had consistently outnumbered the "yes" votes, I took that as an indication that such a landslide was not going to happen .

I do plan on allowing the player to choose whether or not home quadrants will be enforced (for both single and multi-player games), but I have no plans to implement greater customization beyond that. It's not a bad idea, but unfortunately I don't have the resources to flesh out every idea people throw out there. If I tried, the game would never get done.

Keep in mind Supremacy is an open source project, so it's certainly possible for someone else to add functionality in, and I plan to continue adding some enhancements after the game (as originally designed) has been completed. So if I decide not to include something in the development plan, it could still see fruition in the future.

Alea iacta est! The decision is taken! Therefore, since I was the one to suggest the poll, I accept my defeat... and in any case as Captain Mike said the game can be modded!

As much as I would love to have the Borg as a playable race I voted "No".