If it's in the scope of the mod, i'd love to see a way for colonists to rank up to duke/duchess and consul. I know there is a mod that unlocks the emperor title, but i don't think it makes much sense for a colonist to rise that high. Right under Stellarch seems reasonable considering the end quest though. If you'd consider it, maybe add an option to set the highest available title for colonists in the mod options for increased customization.

Oculyn: I hadn't put much thought into that since there's already a mod out there (that I haven't even really looked at yet) that does that. That's a really good suggestion though. Thanks!

Ability to toggle on/off Dress requirements

Squid: What about the dress requirements do you not like?

I feel like the needs of Ascetic character seem a little inconsistent. They want simple bedroom, but on the other hand, they have requirements about their throne room, as well as they care about the title specific apparel.

Personally, I feel like instead of straight up changing stuff here, an interesting solution would be to increase the range of room impressiveness at which they are comfortable - they are okay with throne room not exactly meeting their requirements (maybe being okay with throne room matching 1 title below theirs?), as well as having them accept a little more impressive bedroom.

Letting them have a little more impressive bedroom would allow for them to have a lover who has bedroom requirements without either of them being unhappy about the bedroom. (Also, I hope my message was clear instead of being a one big mess )

Q, how far are you willing to go with this?

One of the issues I have with the dlc is that Royalty is kindof at odds with the whole "rim-world" theme. For a planet in the boonies, The space emperor's court is simultaneously over-involved and uninvested. To be honest, it makes ranking up feel just a tad too... flippant.
It'd be nice if ranking up came with more obligations to the space emperor, failures to meet which are met with demotions and raids. Obligations which give a sense of the emperor wanting somthing be it just piles and piles of silver or rare ancient artifacts.

Maybe the court missions could become obligations at some point and ranking up requires wooing the emperor himself somehow? Maybe an illegitimate child is in an ancient sarcophagus and killing that heir would be asked of the player? For that matter, shouldn't some ancients be royals?

Why arent we getting caught up in infighting? We become a duke which miffs off another duke so they try and start a war with us to claim our land n wealth and implants so they can curry more influence and rank up? Why arent we able to do the same?

And, for that matter, how does the empire feel about the tribals? About the pirates? Not a whole lotta politics going on... and im sure the war with the mechanoids is going well while the empire tries to forget the megaspider debacle... Some additional, more involved quests with some flavor would be nice.

Can the space emperor BE the chosen story-teller? Giving the emperor a different personality based on whos in the story seat and thereby changing up what kind of experience one has interacting with the empire?

The biggest ask I could have would be a monarchy vs republic situation where one can curry favor with both to a point before getting caught in the middle of their war buuuut that'd be a bit.

I've got ideas for days so... there's quite a bit of room the dlc has for improvement imop. lol
Basically, there's room to give this dlc a whole Vanilla Expanded treatment.

HappyHead: I'll be honest, my thoughts up to this point had only been about changes to mechanics and. I hadn't even considered content changes. Adding quests that flesh out the colony's relationship with the Empire sounds like a great idea. I totally agree that the colony doesn't have enough obligation once they accept ranks. When the Empire Tribute guy first showed up, I was thinking more Fallout New Vegas, Legion Style, expecting we'd have to pay something up or ELSE. Total shakedown. The guy turned out to be downright friendly. "Oh, nothing today? I'll just be back in a few. Ta ta!" Seems they'd want to convert their neighbors to the Empire too, raiders and traders alike, and collect taxes. I have no idea how quests are handled, technically. I'll investigate that. Writing new quests sounds like actual fun. Thank you for your awesome suggestions!

exploder1531: I think the technical mechanics of the Ascetic are a mess in vanilla. I have one who also has a chemical fascination. So he will prefer eating uncooked food but he's constantly chasing the dragon? Come on. They also might not care about wearing the fancy royal clothes either which would actually be nice. I'll think about that. It would be a fair amount of work to support this for the sake of a single trait though. That's the only drawback. I really appreciate the suggestion. That prompts me thinking how the other traits may affect being promoted to royalty.

I justify the Ascetic thing by reasoning that the Throneroom and clothing requirements aren't solely for the Pawn but also for the Empire officials. The Ascetic guy can hang out in his dirt floored room but when he's representing the Empire as a titled noble, he needs to look the part

It'd be dope to have it work with the "Birds and the Bees" mod, or simply a setting that also allows the option for son's, daughters, or kin in general to share the same throne room as well.

This would allow for that sort of Royal Family feel. Just a thought.

Since only the highest noble needs a throne room, maybe add a mood boost for lower nobles if they're given a throne of their own.
Edit: or even going as far as letting lower ranked nobles have a throne in the higher nobles throne room. I really want to be able to make the Knights of the Square Table.

Would it be possible to add an on/off option for the Throne Room changes? I understand that this might have been your main incentive for making this mod, but the reason I'm using it is the changes to passionate skills and I would love to opt out of everything else. :D

Nightfish: Great suggestion, and it was super easy to do. I just made that change and it's now live!

pee pee boy and Khanaervon, thanks for the suggestions!

Awesome :O Thank you very much!