* Having a ship in your fleet with a Stellar Converter gives you the option to destroy an enemy planet along with the invade and bomb options. Doing so will treat you to a cutscene showing the planet being [[EarthShatteringKaboom blown away by a huge laser punching a hole through the fricking thing!]]
* Defeating the Guardian at the Orion System. Not only do you get a Gaian-Class planet, you also get a few pieces of exceptionally rare ship technology, '''and''' get a suped-up precursor ship captained by Loknar The Last Orion.