We don't tend to think of nebula much in MoO, they are not the most common environmental item, and their effect can be negated by way of things like star gates.
But, what if you could create a nebula? What if it became a possible strategic concern?
MoO 2 has the weapon that lets you physically destroy a planet. I'm thinking something similar but further in the tech tree - to not merely go Death Star on a planet but to destroy a star so utterly it goes supernova and forms a nebula.
There are consequences for this; firstly, it would be one of those negative diplomacy events if used on another race, one that I suspect they would never forgive you for - like death spores but much worse. Obviously if not against another race but merely against an uninhabited system, it would make an interesting potential tactic rather than a diplomatic issue.
But consider: what if you could build yourself a setup whereby your planets were protected by nebula (obviously, huge galaxy only, you'd never research the tech otherwise), so that in order to get to you, they'd be at reduced speed, allowing you extra time to prepare an attack, as well as all the other consequences of nebula (battles in nebula systems, if there's anything nearby, are without shields and IIRC with limits on battle computers)
Just a thought.
But, what if you could create a nebula? What if it became a possible strategic concern?
MoO 2 has the weapon that lets you physically destroy a planet. I'm thinking something similar but further in the tech tree - to not merely go Death Star on a planet but to destroy a star so utterly it goes supernova and forms a nebula.
There are consequences for this; firstly, it would be one of those negative diplomacy events if used on another race, one that I suspect they would never forgive you for - like death spores but much worse. Obviously if not against another race but merely against an uninhabited system, it would make an interesting potential tactic rather than a diplomatic issue.
But consider: what if you could build yourself a setup whereby your planets were protected by nebula (obviously, huge galaxy only, you'd never research the tech otherwise), so that in order to get to you, they'd be at reduced speed, allowing you extra time to prepare an attack, as well as all the other consequences of nebula (battles in nebula systems, if there's anything nearby, are without shields and IIRC with limits on battle computers)
Just a thought.