If you follow the link at this post
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...84#post8697484
you can download the Bellum Crucis 6.1 manual in English.
Once it has downloaded (as a .pdf file) save and have a good read.
Looks like they have actually implemented a lot of interesting ideas some of which have (at some stage) been talked about here and other twcentre mods, but they look as though they have them working.
Might be worth having a read through the manual to see which ideas could be usefully added to Stainless Steel (not suggesting lifting stuff from them, just looking for inspiration)
I liked a screen that gave voting of a Council of Nobles, there's some interesting ideas about technology and all sorts of other goodies.
If you see anything that looks interesting and want to see if we can implement something similar please post here.