Suggestion: Wargoal to take uncolonized space/frontier outposts

[ArchmageIlmryn]

As seen in the Blorg stream yesterday, one of the empires blocking the way to Sol controlled a fairly large area of uncolonized space in the eastern half of the empire that was blocking the Blorg's advance. It feels like some kind of wargoal to seize frontier outposts or otherwise lay claim to uncolonized space controlled by another empire would be a good addition to the war system.

 

[Amor_Fati]

You don't need a war goal for that - just declare a war for anything else, blow up the frontier outposts with your military then build your own.

Thinking about it, this is a nice way a smaller empire can do economic damage to a stronger empire before engaging their fleet - let they burn under the high maintenance costs!

 

[Mordaith]

Now, it maybe the drugs for my illness that I am on talking, but this sounds like a sound idea.

There is nothing that makes me want to declare war on another person. Be they AI or be they Hooman, faster than them sniping a sweet parcel of land, planet, whatever just as my ships were rolling up.

 

[Turin the Mad]

Makes you want to consider arming your civilian ships.

 

[Mordaith]

Makes you want to consider arming your civilian ships.

And let Romero have that much power? Never. I've seen her Spacebook account. She has enough friends to launch a coup.

 

[ArchmageIlmryn]

You don't need a war goal for that - just declare a war for anything else, blow up the frontier outposts with your military then build your own.

It would still be nice to have small wargoals for things like uncolonized space, especially if you have to juggle shared wargoals in an alliance. Also, if you've won a war by beating the enemy fleet, you should be able to just claim a region of space without having to mop up and build frontier outposts.