Minefields @ 40 or 60 sounds good because the early small transport launches 2 Groups of 10 mines nicely
JLS I always trade Colonizer Techs with the neutrals. They want a lot but at least they do trade. I did some numbers for a 300000 research point Colonizer type and it will take about one year @ Empire Research total of only 25k per turn. Staying at the 400000 cost works for me also.
The Hull Plating and SJ’s Armor combination is awesome, why not release it?
You raised the to-hit on the larger satellites in a past release and I like Olegs newest suggestion about raising the to-hit even more this way 50 sats will be quicker to place for the AI and us