It would be helpfull if you could make your own government after you get enough members in your legion, and able to do this on any planet, but only on 1, if anyone else agrees please make any other suggestions about this idea below.

What would be the benefit of this? What would you gain from a government?

It would establish a great deal of minerals and artifacts and would be a base planet off where your legion would share there tactical ideas.

and also would help for those in the legion that can't get themselves working right with there minerals.

So it would be like a free world to everyone in the legion. Would they get the resources only when guarding the world? Also who would pick the world? Would the worth of the worlds matter? Please explain your idea in full there have been other suggestions on the same line as this but none of them have came in to effect. Dan is really good at taking all suggestions in to thought as long as you explain them in full and make a great argument why he should use your idea. Try and make it so it does not throw the balance of the game off and so it is appealing to all players.

This sounds like a nice idea, but needs alot of developement, I mean alot.

1. Yes it would be a free world to those in the legion and the legion leaders would be the goveners.

2. No, they would get the resources even if they are away from the planet.

3. The Leaders would call up a meeting and everyone would discuss the planets available and decide together which one is the best.

4. the worth of the world would not matter, just as long as it's resources are good.

My explenation in full:It would be a selectable planet which would cost up to 50 energy and 10,000 money to choose, you will have to have inhabited the planet first and then you will decide all togethor as a legion for which planet seems best, after the planet has been Governised it will fall under the legionleaders controll and they would decide who becomes leaders, but most likely the legion leaders will.

There will also be meetings discussed around the planet and all the ship stats will be combined to form an alliance planet, off which the whole legion owns.

It will be helpfull to those who are in high numbered legions but are just around in space, it will also create a safe enviorment in which they can discuss anything needed or just to help one another, they will also be able to share resources and it will benifit those who are having trouble getting the required minerals.

Ok some of these things you are all ready able to do with the legions set up as they are. You can discuss anything needed in the alliance comm for free. You can also share resources and artifacts as well with your legion and with your friends from FB.

Thats what I mean, I know this, so it's just like a base planet but it has some off the old features in it.

[This is still an idea in the making, so please note that it will be a bit odd for a while.]

I really like the idea of having a Legion controlled planet as a base for that legion. Perhaps if it was something simpler than just a government. For example the planet used as the base has to be an existing planet that is currently occupied by a legion member. The planet then gives the legion bonuses based on the size, type and resources. Just for example.

The planets Size determines the number of players that can be in the legion or increases the number of people you can have: Very tiny/5, Tiny/10, Very Small/15, Small/20, Average/25, Large/30, Very Large/35, Massive/40
Resources determine a boost to the legion bonuse: Rich Minerals boost Attack Percentage
Rich Artifact boosts Stealth Boost
Rich Research Boosts Defense
Along the lines of: Extremely sparse +2%, Very Sparse +4%, sparse +6% etc.....

The type giving some type of overall resource bonus to all legion players:
Exotic gives tiny boost for all resources,
Mettalic gives a small research and mineral bonus
Terra gives a small artifact and research bonus
Dessert gives a small artifact and mineral bonus,
Gas gives a Large resource bonus, Oceanic gives an average research bonus
Barren gives a large mineral bonus, Volcanic gives an avaerage mineral bonus
Toxic gives a large Artifact bonus, Ice gives an average artifact bonuse

This way choosing a planet becomes a bit tricky, because the planets which normally have a higher resources quantifier give the individual players in the legion a lower boost than those with a higher quantifier.

This can be explained in story line as something like the size of the central planet determines the number of embassies from each system(player) that can be built on the planet(explains the legion size bonus), The resources of the planet are utilized by all of the different systems in some way and just through the sheer fact that some many different civilizations are coming together technologies are being combined and disseminated, at least a little, throughout the entire legion (explains the legion boost), and since this planet is the hub of the entire legion free trade is abundant here (explaining the individual resource bonus).
Governments can then be implied through story telling. A government bonus though becomes very tricky and time consuming. As everyone wants to be the emperor in the legion and nothing can really be decided.
Oh and the legion owner decides which planet to use. It can be discussed an voted on within the legion comm. or the legion owner can just do it without consulting his or her troops. The political consequence are all within the legion and people can leave if there leader is being a prick.

Thank you, you have turned my idea into a more helpfull solution.

There are a couple ways to do this on individual level. One is the whole capital planet gets various bonuses idea, the other is an extension of race/profession: choosing a government type for your empire provides a certain type of bonus to planets. I like the idea that you can be specialized in certain planet types. Maybe, special buildings for your planet type.

I'd go along with the idea that the planet increases income dependant on resource production, aka: the planet has rich mining, average research, 2x mega rich artifact production, then all the members in the legion would get a small (1-3%) boost to their artifact productions, much like the excavator trait.

Impacting battle type bonuses (stealth, defense, attack etc.) I'd say no.

Impacting legion size: I'd say no

It should have a bank where legion members can deposit and withdrawl artifacts and minerals. Size can be dependant on planet size and/or resources.

Safe haven: Players guarding the planet add their ships stats to the planets defenses. They cannot be attacked or targeted by enemies unless the planet's pop is reduced to 10% or less, but they cannot attack (in any form aka raid, hack, etc) as long as they are defending the planet.

Should the planet be able to be attacked by other legions? If so can it be raided (bank) or even invaded/conquered? What would the penalties be if this were to occur?

This has already been brought up with the idea of legion owned space stations and personally I like that idea better.

I think this is a great start to an idea, but what about an idea tweek? How about a legion space station? This would keep the idea of planets separate. Maybe a conversion artifact for the legion leader to drop one of his worse planets. It would require legion upkeep (mineral, artifact powered and research). The more a legion put in, they could 'upgrade' to a better platform. Benefits, you can trade more volume once an hour/day but you have a station tariff added as well as the game tariff. Maybe like a legion store for legion members. If docked you can alert every 6 hours. Increased legion bonus all around. Drawbacks, must be maintained. Must be defended. All planets shared in legion station remain in database to be hacked, but you can share more planets. Could be used in a capture the flag situation in legion battles, maybe with a hack or ransom option. Just some different options to think about.

i think that this is a really good idea and with dans approval it would make for a very indepth and interesting addition to the game to help it continue to grow.