Perhaps there is a way we could have the nook. Run this scenario:
Instead of just having the map change once one side has taken enough of the nme bases, the nook becomes available, for again a ton of perks. The nook then must be flown and dropped on the one of the nme hq's to end the war...imagine the flight there???
One B-29, with a hundred escorts for the sake of protecting the win.... the other guys coming up in their 163's, 262's, 109k's, 47m's.... crazy crazyness....