[Ruatha]

Ideas on human players
5000 raceial points
Home system with plenty of variating planets, all breathable and right type.
Starting planet a spehreworld.
Get's all tech through artifacts on turn 2-3.

How to control that the gods don't squash the subjects, don't know, I gotta trust you I guess.
Some battles will happen by mistake, that we'll have to accept.

Killing the stellar manip tree is ok, ancient isn't needed but you can take it if you want to.
Otherwise I'd suggest perhaps religious and temporal? But that's up to the Gods themselfs.
But research should be 50% as it isn't needed.