I was thinking it would be cool to be able to allow players to host persistant Galaxies that allow for players to connect and play on. You could break it up into sectors. A normal map being equal to one sector, and allow players to move to different sectors via different techs. There would of course have to be something where the computer would take over in the absence of the player, but that could be a good tech to add.. automated defenses... anyhow, I think it would be cool, have maybe a 5X5 sector map, and have maybe a maxium of 8 players per sector, then lock it out as to keep lag down. maybe 100 players per server. I don't know. I'm just throwing out ideas. What does anyone else think? I'd love to have a persistant multiplayer galaxy where other players can come in and colonize. Even if they don't stick around, you can leave the option (after a set amout of time gone) having another player pick up where they left off or jutst let the computer take over... any how, just a thought.