Agreed, something like the "first planet conquered" vid, or the "first capital ship launched" vid would be cool, like. . . we see a from-the-surface view of the lush green planet. From space, we see the planet slowly turning, and a spore ship appearing from the bottom of the screen and racing towards the planet. . . there is a small explosion and then, starting at the point of impact, the lush greenery of the planet swiftly dies away and is replaced with a toxic haze. Back to the surface of the planet, we see a cloud of green gasses devouring all in its path and turning it from beautiful and green to dead and brown. . .