Power Play 2.0 - Minimum Expectations?

[Disemboweled Ego]

Another problem with letting players steer the narrative via automated systems and such is that bugs and/or exploits are bound to happen, and when they do, they'll mess things up even more. They don't even have to be exploits, some balancing errors could also do the trick.
Can't say I'd love it if the Federation took Achenar and Facece because somebody at Frontier did a typo and added two extra zeroes somewhere.

Imbalance can cut both ways and that would make for an ok story as long as Frontier also rolls with it instead of ignoring it (like many things in the thargoid war which is purely narrative driven now). Ignoring it is what causes the l̶̨̤͕͓̯̻͙͍͖̙͗̔̇́̉͋̎͋̃ư̶̯͖̠͔̟̳̰̫̞̻̼̼̝͐̓̑̉͌͗̌͗͊̌̈́͊̂̃͜͜͝d̵̨̦̼̣̼͖̰͎̟̮̂͆̃̅̀̇͂̉̃͗̏̊͂͆͊͛̚͜ͅȏ̷̢̨̪͈̗̬̰̻͂̒̕͠n̷͎̦̗̹͖̑̇̆à̷̛͉̬̮̮̜͚̼͕̬̜̹̍̓͒̓͛̊͜r̸̢̬̼̘̥̣̩̹̬̀͑͌͊̅͋͜r̷̡̨̨͖̳̺̺̘͚͖̝̗̲͙͆̄̎̇͛̋́̓͂͠a̸̹̬̤̲̫̺͙̋̕͜ͅͅť̶͈̰̩͉͎͙̣̝͊̄̎̋̋̈̐̿͗i̵̧̧̨̲͉̹͈͖̜̫̬̋̿̌͗̒̔͋̂̓̒͗̓̆͘v̷̰͔͔̟̺̻͚̬̊͂̈́͌̊̇̎͛͗̌͒̏̀̓͊͘͝é̷̢̧̤̤̳͙̦̝̥̙̣̰̼̜̈̽ ̴̢̡̛̛̟̼̞͔͚͈͚̞̱͙̞̀̎̃̏̈́̾̓̀̑̊̇̕͠ḓ̵̢̢̯̱͍͔̜̼̬̖̙̱̭͖̐͋̓̚̕͜͜ỉ̶̢̠̩̯͙̮͙͔͕̭̪̪̹̬͈͐̎͑͛̉̑s̵̨̨̭͕͕͙͚̟̫͙͚̬̦̗̗͑̍̄͐̉͌̓̀͌̐͌͜͝s̷̛̳̯͓̼̈́̔̃o̵̢͇͍̻͕͕̘̼̦̗̮͌̌̈́́͊̍̂̓̾̎͘̚̚͠n̴͉̒̔à̶̢̨̹̤̟̯̮͖̰͖͙̖̟̊̈́̏̽̈́̋͋͛̕̚͝ͅn̸̲̯̭̝̥̂̿̍͛̚ç̶͙̪̙̲̹͒͜ȩ̸̲͍̼̗͚͓̥͔̰̦̥̼̒͊̋̇̀̓̌̇̌̆̊̄͊̊̐̔͜͜͜ sillyness.