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We heard about the galactic senate system, how will this work and how do you see it evolving in the long term? The galactic senate is very simply an in-game mechanism for players to tell us what they want changed. The forum has been very heated about this topic. EVERY player is in the Senate and has no choice to secede. The senate wields great power if the players can agree enough to pass the vote. The senate works in two forms. The controllers of an empire, measured by controlling an entire system of planets and one planet, decide among themselves each day one piece of legislation. If they can agree with majority vote on the legislation, then they submit it to DSE for evaluation. Once evaluated, then it goes up for vote and each planet controller gets one vote with the system voting in aggregate. If there are 5 planets, it will take 3 planets to carry the 5 votes. In times of need for votes, we see entire empires crumbling due to their own success and size exceeding their capacity of control.
There is a heavy discussion going on about races on your forums, what is the teams current leaning on this subject? As of this interview, races are off the table until later in the Closed Beta. A race is defined by the player’s circumstance and the growth of the player over time. In effect, the player determines their race as they play instead of some questionable decisions at the start of their play time.
Has the universe been created or will new systems emerge as limits are neared? There will be a large amount of the universe available upon going live. However, there is also functionality for the universe to expand dynamically to relieve pressure from player growth and population limits.
 Will planets eventually run out of resources or will they be replenished or renewable?If you follow the timeline to infinity, some point along the way a planet will run out of resources. The universe will not run out of resources. This is intended to keep scarcity in the game. Players will find themselves in need of locating new resource locations which will antagonize other players and hopefully begin conflicts. When a planet is out of resources, the planet remains and all of the colonists on that planet remain. Imagine colonies on depleted planets to be huge importers with potential for massive scale production. Also, some resources may be discovered where there was previously no evidence of them existing.
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