I agree with lots of the suggestions here. Rename the existing Nuclear spoils option to Meteor spoils - it obviously has a following just how it is. Perhaps this is the first step, to get everyone used to Meteor spoils under their new name. Then you program Strategic Nuclear Spoils along the lines ...
Must admint I didn't have time to read your post fully or the numerous replies. Just to say I agree whole heartedly with the principal that new recruits should be fed in gently to gain maximum enjoyment.
The Maproom is a particularly good idea. I know that all maps contain sufficient detail to work ...
I’d like to see Nuclear spoils mean, you really do Nuke the living daylights out of your opponents. Collect a group of spoils, choose the cell to deploy your one bomb on and listen to them weep as their vast army is annihilated!