Wow... I didn't expect people to offer help making such a plug, I only wanted to know if one existed. Now that you do, I just may take you up on it. Thanks to you three and in advance to any others who offer.
Now, just as preliminary planning, any ideas for how it begins? I have no idea how I would work most of them, but I had a few ideas for the ones north of Saalia, deride or complement them depending on your opinion-
-You fly into the system to make contact with their first manned space flight
-After a certain point in the game, a civilization advanced enough to contact you does if you land on the planet (not sure how I'd work that)
-Voinians move to take over and...
...The UE moves to protect them
...The Miranu have just opened trading negotiations with them and protect them, being drawn into the voinian war
...They are tied up with the strands or the council for some obscure reason and a crescent-voinian war begins, possibly with some race (humans?) ending up opposing both sides
...They are incredible fighters, and within very little time have back engineered voinian technology and liberated their system
-Some ancient hugely advanced race awakens from hibernation under the planet's crust, allies with the natives, and sets out to take it's place in the galaxy once again (ooh... dramatic), giving an excuse for lots of new ways for ships to work, etc.
I know a lot of these suck. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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(This message has been edited by CrazyTom9 (edited 11-16-2001).)