A very cool game mode/feature for MP would be as such:
Host loads a random map, and it shows the star lanes... each player in the game then gets a random shuffle of planets, evenly divided, so 4 players, and 12 stars, each player gets 4 planets... players then get 4 randomly assigned points on the map... they can place any of their 4 planets in any spot...
That would be pretty fun!
Anyone ever play the epic boardgame Twilight Imperium, its basically galaxy setup from that applied to sins... twould be neat?