A strategy game where you are the Emperor of the Galaxy. You face 3 types of problems (internal - caused by fellow Terrans: pirates, rebels, usurpers; local aliens - that live in the galaxy: various mindless barely sencient insectoid bug like aliens; external invasions - from outside the galaxy: various vicious aliens from another dinemsion that want to devour the galaxy and all life or take over).
At the beginning and probably most of the time the player (Emperor) will deal with internal problems - like rebels. And here I have an issue, how to make it so the Emperor does not seem like the bad guy?
I mean, if you hear Empire and Rebels you instantly think the noble Rebels from StarWars and the evil Empire... Which is not the mood I aim for :)
I don't want/need to make the Emperor appear to be a care bear nice guy, crushing rebels is what emperors do after all, but I don't want it to appear too tyranic/opressive. In the end the human race will extinct without a strong Emperor (the alien invaders will annihilate them all).