I've been thinking of this idea for a new race that could be added to the game. While I haven't put much thought into the background, story, or ship design, my motivation behind this is in part because I usually get the shaft when it comes to planet layout in the game. I'm usually the one with nothing but Lava planets and Gas Giants in my starting areas :P


So my idea for a new race (or more importantly, racial trait) are people that specialize in Terraforming. The exact details in regards to balance would of course have to be worked out via voting/dev testing, but something along the lines of "Planets under the control of this race will be automatically terraformed 1 level every 25 turns." To make this balance by mid game, they'd have to start on a fairly crappy planet as their home system, say Lava or Barren. This would assist of course in happiness and food production without much needed from the player. Of course, this isn't to say the Terraforming would be the only trait this race could get. I'm open to ideas and suggestions on this. I'd like to get thoughts from the community on this to see if I'm just crazy, or if others have a desire to see something like this added eventually. Thanks for any feedback guys