Tnarg I had orginally thought to do this, but soon discovered that it adversely affected the feel of the mod.
The concept for the mod is that the races have achieved the basic warp technology, Warp 1.
They are now venturing out into space.
On medium settings with only a few other AI major races and about 10 neutrals, my game has progressed very nicely. I am on turn 131 and although the map has been explored, there are many systems not yet claimed.
I have only been able to research about half of the overall tech tree and still have not produced any Dreadnoughts.
The pace of the game is moderate and I like that.
When people make a custom mod out of the STM, they could, if they wanted too, offer it as a Mod for the Mod.
That would be sweet.