[Factions] Better AI faction identity (color, symbol, portraits) & show it on map

[Xaliber]

AI factions should have their own identity just like our player-created alliances have identity. Nothing too complex, simply: faction colors, faction symbols, and perhaps character portraits for the leader just like Captain update in 2.0 (or maybe not, for more roleplay potential).

Anyway, the most important part should be the color and symbols. This is important to distuingish one faction from another, particularly because of their unusual, difficult to pronounce names. Letting them have other kind of identity should make the factions memorable and distinguishable.

This identity should be shown not only in Diplomacy menu, but also in Galaxy Map menu. I created a mockup based on the mod Galaxy Map QoL.

There should be a toggleable button (both in Galaxy Map and Diplomacy menu) that could toggle whether player wants to show faction color based on their relationship to players (hostile, ally, etc), or basd on their unique faction identity (color).

In addition to that, in Galaxy Map, areas controlled by factions will display their logo/symbol. Areas that are not connected to each other should have separate smaller symbols per areas, while large areas should have larger symbols.

This should work great with other suggestions like these:

 

[MoreChainguns!]

This would work great. However, it might be a good idea to create seperate catalogues for faction logos and ship / station logos. For a prime selection of ideas, I suggest checking out the list of Emblems from the game Airships: Conquer the Skies.

[OmegaConstruct]

This is an amazing suggestion; I've often wished for the same thing. Looking at the galaxy map doesn't tell you anything about territories when you're allied with multiple factions in a region.  The toggleable choice between seeing relation/standing colors and faction ID borders is a great way to keep current functionality while adding new, informative functionality to the galaxy map. As for their emblems, the game could just go RNG on the already existing emblem creator and randomly generate emblems for the various factions. 

[MoreChainguns!]

What if there were lines drawn on the map around discovered territory for one faction?

That would eliminate the color confusion entirely.

[SneakyTacts]

Alternatively, there could be a new "political map" of the galaxy, where the factions are uniquely colored like countries on a globe.

We currently see a map of relations, where every faction is colored depending on their friendliness to the player. Most factions end up being the same color, which is not interesting.

[Valinra]

I was thinking more of a stellaris overlay but this works