I'd like to start a discussion about the suns in SOASE. While they are an awesome centerpeice to the various solar systems, gateways to other parts of the galaxy, and make your capital ships feel all warm and fuzzy with an antimatter boost...somehow they feel..."short-changed" at the moment.

I feel that each sun should give different bonuses to ships in its proximity, as well as to the solar system as a whole.

Maybe blue suns give off energy that (if the shields are tuned right) boost shield effeciency, red suns perhaps could wind up damaging your ships if you hang out too long, yellow suns could do the antimatter boost, etc...etc...

As far as the solar system as a whole, I think that a sun has a lot to do with the development of what is actually IN a solar system to begin with. For example if your sun is an older sun which doesn't give as much light, you might find yourself with a lot of ice planets and such...or conversely with a red-hot giant sun you would have many volcano planets, etc...

Anyone else feel like I do? That these glories centerpeices of the solar systems need to be just that...centerpeices. Something that radiates out and has effect on everything around it.