Hey folks, I'm embarking on a bit of a quest. I want to make 4 high powered factions. I intend to play them at a higher level than the rest of the factions. I already put 15 factions at "Beginner" to simulate minor races. I give them minuses for their ratings, (especially the -25% borders trait,) and always place "expansionist" as their lowest choice. It really works. They seldom reach a second star system. Then, I set the main opponents to a higher setting. These are all the GalCiv2 & 3 races as well as all the MOO2 races. That equals 26. Now, what I want to do is create the "Big 4," from the 2 franchises. I am making the Orions and the Antarans from MOO2 and the Arnor and the Dread Lords from GalCiv2. as I said, I will put them at a higher level than the main opponents.

Here's where I need a little help. I have the original Antaran portrait. That's easy. For the Orions, I was going to use the "Custom humanoid" portrait form MOO2's create screen. I figure the Orions were probably a "Seeder" race. I was thinking of using Dread Lord Balnazzar from WOW. He looks surprisingly what I assume a Dread Lord would look like. I'm not sure what to use for the Arnor? Crystal beings like the Tholians? I don't know...I see the Arnor as "Seeders" also.

Anyway, sorry for the long-winded rant. Does anyone have any suggestions for the Orions, Dread Lords or Arnor that are better than my ideas?

Thanks all, as always.