[quote=@Isotope]
Systems that we know exist but can't get to at the moment?  Like alien systems we've yet to [s]invade[/s] enlighten? Makes sense.



Also that image is [i]massively[/i] shrunken from the original, and it's still huge.  There's enough space to add a paragraph for each system already :p  The original is like, 17k by 13k pixels.

[@GreivousKhan]
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Ya, alien systems, sorry if I did not make that clear. That way it will make the map seem less empty if we have a few yet unexplored lanes/systems. Might make for possible plot points later on. :P

Edit: Basically what I had in mind ya. 


[@Drunken Conquistador][@Sigma][@Flagg][@Pepperm1nts][@Ozerath][@Legion02][@Polybius][@FrostedCaramel][@gorgenmast][@Isotope]

I had an idea that will likely affect everyone on some level and I wanted peoples opinions and thoughts. 

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Early in the rise of the empire, a bargaining company that specialized in security and starbase defense began research of the first gene-lock devices.  Bactrimel Industries had long dabbled in the field of bio-science and gene therapy. The first man that would later become emperor of the fledgling solar empire quickly saw the merits that might be gained from these fields in securing political power. Through government-funded projects, the first genuine gene-lock devices began development. 

Through careful selection and manipulation, the first emperor gene locked technology deemed most vital to the empire.  These rights could be further delegated by carefully selecting loyal officials and retainers and granting them authority codes that allowed one access-- they, in turn, could delegate further down the chain. It was this right of access to critical installments that is thought to have created the Empire in the current state it is in now. Thus allowing the rebirth of neo-feudalism as power began to reside in several noble houses. Due to the imperial families right of access, they have been allowed to remain in control for centuries. 

Even assassination attempts were discouraged due to the gene-locks failsafe of shutting down access unless rights are not carefully transferred before succession. It was almost through gene-lock technology alone that the Imperial family has managed to wrest so much power from the Imperial Bureaucracy.
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The idea here is that gene locked technology is one of the reasons why the imperial family has remained in power for so long.  It also means there will be even more importance on acquiring an heir or a member of the imperial family by one faction or another. As it might mean access to vaulted tech or weapon platforms that are at the moment unusable. Basically right to rule grounded directly in the technology the empire needs to survive rather than a divine mandate. 

Well if ya'll think this idea is stupid or silly let me know, or if it needs changes or additions.