(01-14-2022, 02:31 AM)Yurk Embassy Wrote: That would make bigger empires much less interested in these sectors, as resource would no longer be a valable casus belli there.
Nobel idea, but that assumes that the big bad empires only newbie-stomp because they want the resources. As we saw in Universe5, some big bad empires will newbie-stomp small empires for sports, pleasure, or worse.
If a big bad empires wants to newbie-stomp weak and defenseless empires, there isn't much that can stop them.
That is why the idea of forcing week long sieges before a solar system can be invaded seem like a better idea. That way the big bad empire has to waste an entire week keeping their ship in your solar system before they can destroy you. In that time you can then try to reason with the attacker for peace, flee to a new home with all your belongings, or call for help from other empires that would definitely help against a bully empire.
See: (Idea thread) Conquest of Solar Systems