Considering that this idea was brought up by myself and others on the previous form, I'd give that a big 'Yes'.
Of course, I'm hesitant to draw parallels between SC and 'Earth & Beyond' as I've pretty well figured the two are very different beasts.
Speaking of which, this brings up implementation. For the sake of conversation, how would we/one go about selecting a race? Would a race even be selectable, or would we have a sided Universe? (Think: Alliance/Hierarchy, though the idea of more than 2 sides is appealing.)
There are many more ideas where this comes from, but let's elaborate off the given few first. (Or not, it isn't MY board after all...)