Gameplay: Invasions

[Arius]

I'm sure alot of you are worried about empires always having atleast 1 base on a map, since that would deny the winners a full victory and the losers a proper loss to start again.
Some of this has to do with the absence of sanctuaries that can reach all the continents.

Now, instead of a permanent base for each empire on every continent, why not allow empires a way to launch an invasion on the continent by spawning a temporary "base" near shore or in the air for players to plan out an invasion? It wouldnt be an actual base per se, maybe more like an empire mothership? Also, having these appear on random places, theres an element of suprise where the losing empire will show up again.

This gives the winners the satisfaction of winning, but also allows the losers to start a new campaign on the continent.