If all other players agree , could we get a copy of the game db not with the purpose of modifying orders , but to see the status of our faction after each turn ? It would help since it's kinda hard to model a strategy without seeing what we've got . There would still be the hassle with passwords but at least no sync-ing , orders and so on.
If you can change passwords as you go, then this wouldn't be too bad. Set the password on each faction, make a copy of the database, then post it to us with passwords listed in each faction's folder. This way you don't have to tangle with setting a password every time you need to do order stacks, nor do you have to worry about relaying all the information to us each time.
Unless you wanted to, I suppose.
What are the terms of communication? Are we assuming FTL communications for all fleets, or if we send out an exploration vessel in some faraway system and it dies, is it possible we don't know about it?
I would support a requirement of either having an FTL ship parked on each side of a gate to simulate them opening a portal and sending a burst transmission through or flinging message drones through. That said, I also would appreciate if we had some sort of an Omega Beacon that would activate when a ship is taken out, which flies home to inform us that a ship died. The amount of information it gives about how the ship died should be limited to what the ship itself saw, as well as what Panopticon feels is appropriate. This way we can have surprise attacks happen, but we're also not going to regularly be going "Now where the hell did THAT go?"
Looks like we are almost ready for set up, there is still one very important piece of info I need from you guys though: naming themes. At least for leaders and so on.
Are you open to custom names for each ranks, maybe working off a base theme? If not, that's fine, I'm just curious if that's something the Triumvirate could do. I know most people won't see it, but the fluff is 90% of the fun.