Not related to Imperial Destroyer, but I just realised how badass it would be if CA made Empire 2 with all these features and more mechanics (like hordes, politics, multiple resource currencies, etc.) and made additional start dates such as 1530, 1600, 1800, and 1861. Maybe even an expansion (similar to Fall of the Samurai, Age of Charlemagne, or Eight Princes in how removed they were from the main game's setting) set during WW1 in 1914. Medieval 2 had a game set over 4.5 centuries, Empire 2 could as well.