[Loser]

You're right about Mega Evil, that would throw a real wrench in the gears. ("Damn you, little-bear-person! This does not go here!" "Yub yub!" "No, it doesn't.")

So, the only thing that is not open to alteration, concerning Neutrals, is their inability to leave the home system? Everything else can be changed?

And what about WPs? Can I gift WPs, will the AI know what to do with a transport full of WPs or will it jettison them and fill the transport with carrots for the winter?

The one place I see conflict in the real-tech vs. Primitive/Uplift-tech is Intel. Real players may be tempted to use Primitive/Uplift Intel. This should not be possible, as P/U Intel will probably need to work differently for the little bastards to make affordable use of it.

This can be solved by another layer of racial tech. Primitive-only Intel tech that requires Uplift Intel to get but costs little or nothing to research.

Also, do AI ever use Analyze on captured or traded ships?