One idea, probably one crazy idea image - Star Wars Alliance Rebellion mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
Alliance are a serie of different mods. On the Star Wars GC, you can play the civil war Empire vs Rebel era + Black Sun and soon the Republic and CIS.
Well, this not EAW but it looks very close and it runs very similar. If you do know it, this is the game Universe at War: Earth Assault, the next game from Petroglyph after FOC but this time, it was made for sega.
The point is how I thought if I could import stuff from FOC and I discovered how I could make it easily, well easily not but faster yes. I do not know if I will finish it but I can spend a few hours per week editing it. If I can make one thing similar to the original EAW, it will be good.
I suppose that some of you will remember how when the game was released, some guys tried one thing similar but they did not finish it. At least with me I have advantage because I have a lot of stuff which it can be imported easier. Probably you will think if it can support space battles, I do not know but I would not be surprised if it can happen and I have some ideas about it. But before I dream, I would like see one thing more finished than this.
For Sega? For corporation or some console i don't know?
I've looked at this game before, very interesting idea. Isn't it the same engine though?
It would be the third version from the engine published. It is different but similar at concept.
If you can get space battles to work in Universe at War which are as good as the Empire at War ones or even better then this would be a major breakthrough. The problem with this game is that it never was really polished or even finished at all. Some of the characters were cool, others were annoying (Massari prince) or just dull (for example the typical straight-through American soldier who doesn't think about what's going on and why plus muscles and a big gun). The game had so much potential but it lacked some (many!) polishing, a better story and lore and all that stuff. I really hope you can bring in some cool stuff because the conceptual gameplay was rather cool but too short. I wish you success with this!
Well, as a side project, although the lack of space battles will detract from it, and the game engine doesn't seem better than FOC, but you might give a try, as the last try to get rid of the atlanteans, and add warhammer, gundam and macross models failed, I'll download and try anything you deliver, Nomada, you the Man.
Do not forget the space battles too soon because there is a big amount of chances from to add them to the game. I can not say for sure nothing but why not? space maps can be added and just it needs units.
Imagine one galactic map where every time that you enter in the space from a planet, you fight a different battle with a default amount of units. If the game can support mission events, I do not see it impossible at galactic conquest.