1. Are we going to call the races species and the sub races races. I realize this is minor, but I think it is more appropriate to name it like this.

2. How many races are there going to be able to play. Not counting customization. I would like to see 83 like in freeciv. A lot of playable races are always nice.

3. Are we going to see a game where you can have an option to pick one of multiple leaders from the same race.

4. I like the idea of using player ships for the Ai. Are we going to be seeing this for tech selection and improvement building for the Ai races.

5. I liked Teturkministan in civilization 3 and how freeciv did it. Are we going to see more major races on the map at once and how many.

6. Can we load a image as an avatar from the game or should I change my avatar.

Where did you get that from? I don't remember anything being said about them, except that they are ultra-capitalists. Well, and that they've always been part of the lore, but I don't remember them being mentioned before either.

Will each race have it's own unique tech tree, as in ToA...?

I'd read the thread last night, and I must've missed that post. I guess the only reason to come back to this post is to check the answers. I guess any reply beyond 22 is fair game for replys since no one is going to answer these questions. I don't think that I'm going to answer any questions since this site is not about that. I guess that means no more questions on this post. Your right instead of calling the races species you could also call them civilizations or factions .

All questions are answered as they feel fit, they have not promised to answer all of them, just to look at the questions and see which questions they are ready to answer.  Remember they could just stop communicating with us all together and just throw us some bits here and there.  Feel honored that they are actually taking the time to speak with us and tell us about the game, give us access to the Alpha (for a fee) and Beta. 

"There is no war, there is only the harvest."

Likely, this will be not the only Q&A Session... so strategically, a team needs some time to decide what to tell and mayby even adapt some designs based on the interests of it's founders (but this is not so likely )
So fast harvesting means a manageable question size and faster answers - hopefully

Damn Stardock! You dangle the promise of answers in front of my face like car keys in front of a dog, then you take them away!

GIVE US SOMETHING!

I've got a couple of questions about the Sandbox;

I was quite disappointed with GalCiv2's Milky Way map. Earth had a generic planet surface, and I'm pretty sure the Solar System was very off, too. So is there going to be a Milky Way map for the Sandbox? And could it have an accurate Earth and Solar System layout?

Will Sandbox games take place in this game's timeframe, or would there be a customizable element there? 

Will there be a United Planets in Sandbox, or is that a thing of the past? Personally, I quite liked having it around,

What about "uncontrollable" migration? Say from unhappy planets to happy ones, or from "overpopulated" world to less populated? Maybe from "planets with bad ecology" to planets with good ones? If yes, will we have certain mechanisms to control it, say, reduce taxes on some planets, or increase our expenses there, to motivate people, or to control our populations, up to total ban of unregistered relocation?

For our names to be in the special thanks credit, are you using our billing information or is there a segment we need to fill in order to have the appropriate name in the credit? I don't have a credit card so i don't have my name on the billing info.