How about a sub-commander that you could just tell what to build? (Go get me money! or I need lots of tanks!) Then you launch them at a planet and...
I don't think gravity based off of planet size is a bad thing at all. Look at Angry Birds - everyone have been trained how to deal with for a while...
I really would like to see them. How about if they only stopped energy weapons and not physical ones?
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