McSpanky

I agree. The information should be available at some point, but not be updated. You get a snap shot of who is dealing with whom. I like the idea of having an Intelligence structure (where obtaining this "snap shot" would be an anti-matter charged ability) but using the Criminal Underground does make more sense. Each player's info could have a price. Price goes up for that player every time you buy his info. Or maybe there is a flat rate for every player, and the rate goes up with each Intel use.

[quote]..so something like a Shadow Battlecrab will likely clear out an entire galaxy unless stopped.[/quote] Yeah, that was the main problem I saw in my idea. It would be great to be able to call in a Shadow battlecrab, but it would need to have a built-in time limit. Otherwise you get an uber-ship that completely imbalances the game. Hm, can you give ships negative regeneration rates? Seems like a poor way to simulate Shadow hit-and-runs by having the ship blow up after a certain

Big B5 fan. Always love to see B5 mods cropping up for games I play. Whoo hoo! An idea for the dilemma over the Shadows/Vorlons and gameplay balance. What if instead of making them separate playable races that we made them special abilities? These would be a series of things to research. ---------------------- Shadows. Let us say the Centauri have a line of techs to research involving the Shadows. In B5 terms, this would represent the increasing Centauri relationship

I love this game. And I think the best part is how slow the battles are fought. Even with massive fleets, frigates stick around long enough to throw in some punches. They don't pop after a few seconds. Makes it feasible to bring in reinforcements in time, and order a retreat when my flagship's shields are down. I don't really care for the quests. The concept is okay. But too often I get missions there is no way I am going to accomplish. And then when I don't do it, my relations hurt. It