I just ordered the game last night and am anxiously awaiting the book. 

I've been kicking around a backround for the last couple of days to use with the system to tie in my different miniature lines, and I got to thinking...

...keep in mind I haven't read your background, so forgive me if I sound like I don't have a clue...

Damian, would you be averse to the idea of a new background.  Something akin to Star Wars in the sense that a large portion of a galaxy has been having interstellar travel for tens of thousands of years with thousands of worlds having advanced sentient life.  A loose backdrop with some fixed organizations and races, but with large amounts of room to adapt.

The kicker would be that players would submit their armies w/ well defined backgrounds to the website.  The forum members would vote on whether it remains a minor race or a fixed race as a member of one of the major interstellar organizations.  Perhaps you guys could even typeset the winning entries.  Heck, it could even end up as a supplement that you didn't even have to write!  The winners could get a free copy - maybe.  Also, you could have the storyline advance by having people do battles with the armies and submitting the results. 

I started writing some of this down today, and I could probably have a rough background and time line completed by Monday.  I just thought it would be fun for the players to have a hand in some cool, mutually created background.

What do you think?