Editing Nationbuilder in Space (section)

== Introduction ==
Each player is the god/ emperor/ hivemind/ lead-singer of what will be a
star-spanning empire.  The empire will control many areas of space,
including star systems and resources from same.  Empires may compete
for resources, ideological differences, or on mandates from their
terrifying gods.

Sessions start when at least three players are onboard. Most sessions
are once a week.  IRC or instant-messaging can be used for tabletalk,
but any official diplomatic declarations, as well as rebuttals (saying
'yes' or 'no' to an offer) must be made in the forum so that everyone
knows what's going on and important stuff is recorded publicly.

A core idea for the game is the 'Action.'  Every player gets four Actions
each turn, which they use for efforts to improve their empire as a whole.
They could be anything from the mundane ("explore northward," "build more
naval forces,") to the abstract ("declare a public holiday to raise
loyalty," "pray to the lion-headed mantis for divine guidance").  The
free-form style gives plenty of freedom to players to flavour their empires
as they wish without forcing other players to make only similar changes.

Empires are never obligated to engage in conflict with each other, and peace
is often more beneficial to one's imperial citizens/ cultists of the
faithful/ hive drones/ whatever.  However, contention for resources can
happen, or suspicion of an ulterior motive for encroaching on their
borders, and some empires may receive a mandate from their god to cleanse
the cosmos of "those with less than ten eyes."  It pays to be both a
diplomat of peace and a general of war when running your empire.

Above all: have fun, and help your other players to have fun as well.  This
is the most important thing to remember and it is quite feasible with the
cooperation of the players.