Galaxy Map and Improvement on Faction System with area of Influence

As the Multiplayer is getting improved, so are the numbers of players that can play on a Server.Now let's imagine for a Second that factions wouldn't just be a group of people that are either enemies or friends of other groups of people and more like an actual faction, with for example their own treasury, area of Influence, ranks etc.. I think that would add a whole new aspect of gameplay to SE.

For the Map i thought of something like a 3D Map where you can look up your current area of Influence that is determined by your owned (powered) bases and maybe the size of that base as well as the distance to other bases. The problem would be how to see other factions or players with their area of Influence. The solution for that could be to implement something like a central Network that you can connect to as soon as you have a working antenna, allowing you to show or hide your area of Influence to other players. And in order to spot other factions or players you either need to find them yourself or maybe have an advanced block that has a very expensive feature to spot other factions for example.

I hope you like my idea as i think it opens a whole new perspective for gameplay mechanics!