The single greatest improvement I can think of would be to enable us to save partially completed turns! Especially late in game, with dozens of systems to manage, I'd love to be able to save, transfer the file to my laptop, work a bit, and so on...
One other more nice twist would be to have the ability to review old turns. Go back and re-read those Messages you sent and received. See who broke promises, etc. Something like a cumulative turn file that builds up as you execute turns (not something you would want to have to download each turn from PBW of course!)
Ships that are fleeing from pursuers and have the same speed should not get caught.
Why have one fleet shoot all their shots first? Order of combat should depend on each ship's "initiative", which should depend on weapon tech, experence, special technology!
[ October 18, 2003, 04:47: Message edited by: Merry Jolkar ]