CatBoris

Why not make it so, that you need a new constructor for every new branch for a starbase, but a simple cash transaction is enough for subsequent upgrades? IE, you need one cunstructor to build the base, and then one (each) to add a "Defense module", "Offence Module", "Party Palace" and so on. But once you've built that module, you can upgrade it from the starbase itself by buying the next bit, as long as you have the credits and technology.

Unless it's a leapyear, in which case you'll have to sing them in. Woe unto you if you do not posess a mic.

In GalCiv IV, you'll first have to decrypt the 128 bit encrypted key-file, then type in 64 letters... in runes.

Not to rain on your birthday, but this really just sounds like "Angry Fundamentalist Neutrals" than a new ethical alignment...