I probably will include religions, though I don’t know how crucial they will be. I remember an oldie in which a priest exorcised a planet...right before it was bombarded to oblivion by the military. And another that had a cultish theocracy as a major force on the intergalactic stage.
And while I don’t want to go full-on Stargate with it, aliens posing as gods might be common enough that it’s a major crime...
And while I don’t want to go full-on Stargate with it, aliens posing as gods might be common enough that it’s a major crime...