After reading through some threads, I found one idea that would be great. How bout having a Hero or Heroes in game similar to Master of Orion. Like every race should have one atleast that is their Leader. He can be on a planet which would give bonus to that planet or assigned to Captain a ship and that ship would recieve bonus. But say when the Leader Hero dies, there would be a moral drop for a period of time and a new leader comes into power, but the ruling political party would change since this new leader might be from a different background and he has to earn the respect of the people.

Also, having some other heroes in the game with some history would be great. These heroes can be various different races that come and offer their service to the empire. But there is a Pro and Con. Take for instance a rogue Dregin General offers his service to you. By accepting, he could boost the weapons of the ship he's on. But since he thinks less of the defense, the defense on the ship would drop. If you take this general and station him on a planet, productivity would rise dramatically since he's governing that colony with a heavy hand. But moral/happiness would drop.

What you all think?