Expedition: general discussions.

So, in my case, it's more about coincidences than inspiration. I had a concept for about five years, but didn't develop it or use it, and then I saw something similar much later. It's similar to how you described it with Voyager.

And what about the mechanics... it would be better to take races/factions from Dominions, and it would be better than in all the previous expansions.

By the way, do you generally prefer to play as "native" factions or otherworldly ones?

If the setting is lacking in terms of racial diversity, you can come up with your own, like Nebka did, although some limitations might be helpful in this case, because personally, some ideas might not appeal to me and break the immersion (like characters from the real world, although Ment played it well overall, but I don't really like the concept).