Also when the game reaches that stage of development we will probably gain more followers.

I personally wouldn't want to see minors conquering the systems of empires, but it would be good if they could put up some kind of a fight, which I'm sure they would.

Using the earlier example of the Tzenkethi, I don't think anyone was concerned they would outright conquer the Federation, just that a war with them would be a logistical nightmare whilst keeping the Romulan and Cardassian borders defended and maintaining patrols near outlying systems.

All sounds good. I do agree with your earlier points, the majority of minors are really just an extra perk which is added to your empire and to make the game more interesting.

Just a quick question for Mike or anyone, rather than starting a new thread... are there plans to have larger galaxies than the Huge galaxy in the current release? Cheers in advance.

I think that it isn't planned, but it's easily moddable. My personal best is 100x100 map. I tried to mod a bigger map, but failed. Is there a hard coded limitation?

Did I implement that already or is that a Photoshop?

I'm pretty sure I implemented quadrants as being optional in the actual galaxy generator but I don't recall if I ever incorporated that into the UI.

It's Photoshop, actually It took me a few minutes to find the right font, Calibri and LCARS if anyone is wondering.

But it's almost the same. I had to modify it a little in the font menu, but still...

PS: So the quadrants will have an off switch? I hope that that will finally make everyone happy.

Yes, the quadrants will have an 'off' switch. Technically you'll still see the axis lines in the galaxy map with quadrants switched off, but races' home quadrants will no longer be factor in determining their homeworld locations.

Great.

Well, about the wars, our history is filled with conflicts that aren't familiar to a wider audience. Balcanic wars, Islamic-Israel wars...... All for relatively small pieces of land that "major" world nations thought were unimportant. But to those minor nations they can mean everything.

Minor races could fight over smaller star systems. Would they attack a major race to get a small system, probably not, but still, "anomalies" could happen. Not every minor race is very intelligent. Some more warlike races like the Chalnoth, the Nausicaans, the Tzenkethi, the Gorn...... could attack a stronger opponent for a small system.

We also must consider other variables. What if the system is of a great strategic importance? Or has Dilithium, or a wormhole. Population is not the only measure of a star system.

I guess it is the game value vs coding computing time thing.