Well, I know it's a bit late now (with release being a mere few months away), but I've only just found out about these games, and I had this idea/question burning away so I just had to post it.
From looking at the racial lineup, it seems that most of the different types of frequently used races/civilisations are present in galciv2, with the attractive race (the Altarians), the humans (humans), the warrior race (Arceans), the covert race (the Drath), the avericious capitalists (Korx), the mystical race (the Thalans), the real baddies (the Drengin), the techno-anti life people (the Yor), the nice but abused ones (the Torians) and so forth. We also have all the normal types of species, the reptiles, insects, mammals, aqautics etc. but one sort of race seems entirely absent; the eco-friendly ones. They usually pop up in all sci-fi stories; the race that opposes wholesale development and technological advancement, preferring to respect the planets upon which they dwell. They are often plant or animal based in design, and usually employ some from of living ship to travel between different planets and use the same technology for most of their needs. I was wondering, does any of the (as yet) officially undescribed races have a more ecological bent (i.e. their farms being more productive, being able to inhabit lower-grade planets because they are so skilled at terraforming and so on) and if not, do you think they could be added in any future expansion?
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