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Anyone have an idea where I can have a map made of some planets etc for a campaign

I'd suggest a graphic design company if you want something made for you. It really depends how fancy you want it. You could go all out cartographer level like in the new solar war maps, or you could do a simple coloured circles on Microsoft paint job.

Supremely easy to design your own - and will be far more useful. A map of space is rarely going to mimic the science fiction environments we like to "play" in. I'd also keep your campaign to a planet/moon/space station and little more. Spreading it out can reduce the imperative for conflict/interaction.

Regarding designing your own; grab some planet images and slap them over a picture of space or a generic map or grid.

Running a campaign can be work.

Elbows has it right. I've run several campaigns of this nature (I actually use the might empire tiles to make my planets for marking purposes). I just used a simple art program and found some artwork of planets to place on it. As Elbows also said, limit. We did three planets and an asteroid station.

One other note. The first two times we played the campaign, we did the start with three bases, and spread out each turn. This turned out to be slow. After that, we played "Risk" style, and filled the board with markers so that every space was controlled by someone. This forced battles.
You probably have a plan and such, but be prepared to have to tinker with it.

 ShadowCaptainMathius wrote:
Anyone have an idea where I can have a map made of some planets etc for a campaign

Do you mean where it can be printed? My local Walmart has an Epson printer with rolls of A1 paper that's like 2' wide and however long you want it.