Current rules being coded:
Remove Epic Lockdown rules.
Add in Epic Blooms, born in Open System containing the ships of more than one race. They grow by 1 per turn until size 14 when the closest ship will harvest them. Harvesting only happens if there are ships from a single race within 5 hexes. The Epic Level goes to the FlagShip of this races fleet.
Remove small ship bonus to avoid explosions.
Hopefully live soon.
Jonathan