I got this working in the failed rewrite, and we should bring the feature over here.
These would not be smart AI-empires, but simply pre-owned planets with pre-built economies and fleets, including stationed fleets.
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As in zeh MW?
o.O
Would be a galaxy setting.
I think this would be a great addition to the 1-on-1 custom games.
I think PVE with factions would be a great addition in the current Infinitum galaxy although map generation might be a bit harder. Perhaps the NPC planets could be made harder to take the further away they are from a starting place. With some outer planets/systems being impenetrable bastions only able to be taken out by big fleets. These planets could then give big bonuses to resources or just very large.