Eminent Domain notes

This is for my own reference:

- Change "Metallic" to "Mining"

- Change "Colonize" and "Settle" to "Annex"
-OR-
-  Change "Colonize" and "+1 Colony" to "Influence" and "Settle" to "Accede"
-AND PERHAPS- change "Warfare" to "Annex"

- Change "+1 Colony" to "Occupy" (?)

- Label all Level 1 Tech cards "Advanced [Annex/Research/Harvest/Trade/Survey/Warfare]"

- Create names for all Level 2 and Level 3 Tech cards

- Research Action has become "Remove up to 2 cards in hand from the game (may include this card)"

- Advanced Research Action has become "Draw 1 card, then remove up to 3 cards in hand from the game (may include this card)"

- Find replacements for Level 3 Advanced and perhaps Fertile techs. Possibilities include:
  1. "Remove any number of cards in hand from the game before choosing a Role"
  2. "Play any 2 matching cards to Boost or Follow a Role"
  3. "Play the Action phase and the Role phase in any order"
  4. "You may Annex/Attack when following an Annex/Warfare role"

- Consider alternatives for Politics card:
  1. Change Action to "Boost your Role this turn by 1, then remove this card from the game"
  2. Start each player with only 1 Politics card (9 card starting deck)

- Consider what needs to be done to support Eminent Domain as a name, because in addition to my liking it, Michael does too. In other words, represent the theme well.

The players in Eminent Domain are, thematically, like the Emperor in Star Wars - in charge of a space empire, and determined to make it grow and improve. To be clear, in Star Wars, the Emperor had other agendas, so that you lead a space empire is where that similarity is intended to end.

Also, it's not a "space game" so much as a game that is set in space. How do I express that graphically to people?

OR - do I cave in and change the name of the game, perhaps to Manifest Destiny or Manifest Destiny 3012 (which doesn't excite me too much, and in some ways has garnered the same complaints that Eminent Domain did)? If so, how do I express THAT graphically?

What should the box art look like? Also, the tech cards - I guess some of them will depend on the name.