I was just thinking, as I make Discovery (a TC, very good at that! :p), when I was thinking what would you like. I may not change much, but if anything particular is mentioned I might. Discovery will host:
Stander features:
All new graphics
All new sounds & music
New galaxy complete with missions, races ect.
A new and deep plot and story-line
Full spell checking
Heavy beta testing (I shall be recruiting around 15:eek 
De-bugged (about 5 debuggers:eek
New features:
High galaxy change
High amount of gövts
About 50-60 minor story lines, and about 10 major ones
Both EVO 1.0.1, EVO 1.0.2 and EV 1.0.5 compatability
New way of starting
Explanaitions:
High galaxy change:
Very many missions will change things. About 75% of non-reacurring missions (ie. raids, cargo missions ect.) will change a little bit (or a lot :p) of the galaxy. This will lead to play being totaly evolving around the player, making for a deeper and more interactive plot.
High amount of gövts:
This doesn't mean '50 seperate gövts!' or anything like that. Above, it said that many systems and stellars will be changed by missions very often. Well, this merges in with that. There shall be 3-5 of each government. However, each one will have a major difference. For instance; gövt x is at war with gövt y. The player does a mission for gövt z that pisses x off. So, I make VisBits that replace all of x's systems, with a new goverment, with exactly the same stats, exept that x is at war with z. You see? It will change so fast, making for very exciting, changing, and realistic play.
About 50-60 minor story lines, and about 10 major ones:
You see above, well this will also merge in wih it. Since so many things are always changing, it will open many storylines for the player. Also, a new miniture thing is that even if you complete missions, it doesn't mean you will win. You can win all of the missions for a particular race but you happen to be in a storyline where that race is doomed. Cool, eh? 
Both EVO 1.0.1, EVO 1.0.2 and EV 1.0.5 compatability:
This basicly means that you can play Discovery in the format you prefer. Either the stander EVO 1.0.1, or the new features of EVO 1.0.2. Or, you could just go back to the wonderful old version of EV if that's what you prefer. It is simply to give you the choice.
New way of starting:
I cannot say much on this, as it is revealing some of the story of the game (the above is more technical stuff). Basicly, in almost all plugs you start with the humans very powerful or big. Well, here, it is only a few decades in the future. Humans are pretty weak and small. You are a young pilot that has been qualified for exploration. You are told to find places to colonise and alien races to find. The beginning will already host about 4-5 minor (yet very large in normal EVO terms) storry-lines for you. It is for you to get used to the way the game works, and all the new features become clear. With all this, only a fraction of tha galaxy is availible. The excuse for this is that the humans have very primitive and weak interstellar engines, so you can only travel a tiny way (the real reason is that you can get used to the way the game goes). Don't think this just gives one particular style of play. You may betray your race and jion with any race. In fact, whereas in EV and especialy in EVO, there are quite a lot of races where only a little mission string is availible. For Discovery at least one 'central objective' is availible to every race. This will make play last for very long.
So, now you have read a bit about Discovery. Ask questions at (url="http://"http://members2.boardhost.com/pistgavin/")http://members2.boar....com/pistgavin/(/url)
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Also, give me opinions/suggestions here. If you want to see something in the plug, post here -- it might qualify and get put to life! Just post here or there with qustions/suggestions.
I think Discovery will be a more than average, if not exellent, plug-in. The Graphics may not be as good as MAGMA, and its missions may not be as clever as Frozen Heart, but it is garanteed to satisfy and hopefully will be out in a few months (I expect around 6-8 months for developement, and then maybe another 1-2 months for beta testing and debugging).
~Gav
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