Probably not, based on what Frogboy said:

Part of being a Frogboy hero would being able to manage.

Well they will have better governors options I hope. They already have them.

Maybe not admirals, but they are planning to have heroes.

Galactic civilizations already lets you level up with more hit points. I think this is mediocre at best. I like the ability to get better more like Panzer general. I at least would like to have choices for abilities for when you level up. Kind of like Civilization 4 or anti matter abilities in Sins of a solar empire.

Where did you read that? It totally contradicts what Frogboy said.

Admirals will be required to build fleets.

*backs out of room quickly*

Haha... whats the story behind this?

Heroes would be a cool idea - it would certainly add some flair to the game.

Ok about heroes here is where I got it. Heroes

I guess that the current sensus is that there are no heroes on the game. I'm going back to ipspushing for the game to use great people. I think that when we upgrade ships it should be more than just upgrading hit points, but how would it not be a good idea to add abilities.

Veteran abilities? Maybe tied to the ship instead of a admiral (character) that can be moved around from fleet to fleet. Maybe it should have both?

Okay, this topic seems touchy. I'll bet I'm in the minority when I say I don't want heroes the way Endless Space had heroes- but let me qualify. I think the ship EP system should expand to cover those roles. For a start, each level they gain should bestow more than mere hitpoints- a gradual improvement to weapons and defenses, an added automatic repair during combat, and, at higher levels, the addition of special bonuses to the ship. Having the ability to choose between the upgrade path would help here, but the net concept is that your military should naturally generate your heroes over the course of battle.

Ships slowly accruing special abilities seems more realistic than some dust-addled dimwit adding huge bonuses to ships he's not currently standing on, as in Endless Space, not that I'm knocking it. I just think this is better, and will add a bit of heart to those little digital ships scurrying about to conduct your imperial business. They already leveled up and gained HP, but that was very bland and gave the fleeting system bugs. Independent EP calculation slowly making battle-hardened steel citadels out of soft green nugget flesh also adds to the battles, where you can root for your insanely-lucky ship as it rampages around becoming a boss.

I am hoping for a lot more ship development over time, and some big dollops of awesome in the ship design system. It would be wonderful if these areas had some TLC during the pre-alpha phases while ideas are being integrated and smoothed off. 

Are you two forgetting that ships in GC2 did repair themselves -- slowly if in space and not so slow when in orbit of a planet. Also there was a module that could be added to a starbase that increased the repair rate for ships.

But, what was that repair rate based on? I don't have the answer to that question, but I suspect that the experience level of the ship's crew (which is what the experience level must really represent) is a factor -- maybe the only factor.

If you were wondering why the repair rate was suggested. It was one of his suggested heroes abilities. To scale down the heroes of endless space. I think he meant that the heroes or admirals would have a better repair rate option for one of their hero abilities when leveling up. I'm saying something needs to be done when leveling up other than hitpoints.

Only in GalCiv 1. It was never implemented in GalCiv 2, though the mechanic for it still exists (I gave the Yor access to the module in my mod).