If you havent seen this already, smoke dropped a bomb on the forums with hints at introducing Capitol buildings to each continent with the new dynamic link latices.
These work with Dyanmic Global Lattices. The concept is simple: Each continent has a particular facility that is the Capitol. Capture that building, and you have "Domininion" over that continent. (Dominion gives the benefits of a Lock.)
How hard is it to take a Capitol? Hard. You have to take 3 out of 4 other "sub-capitol" buildings in order to drop a powerful force dome around the Capitol, allowing you to attack the Capitol. Until then, it's completely invulnerable.
Now...get Empire bonuses depending on the number of continents your Empire is currently Dominating (those continents you own the Capitol) on...and allow drop podding on any continent, regardless of which Empire has "Dominion".
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for full details, you can check out smokes reply:
http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/p.../000004-4.html
i personally think this will make battles over continents a lot funner. I cant wait.