Game Idea - Civil War

[Katchoo]

Neat ideas!

In going with the ancient race in the core and the splinter Groups outside, one way to avoid contact may be to have the core empire not make any expansion attempts until one of the splinter Groups encounters them. You could even surround the core empire with black holes/spatial distortions with weak warp holes to dissuade the splinter Groups from venturing in until their ships are strong enough to make the journey?

Just an idea.

Katchoo