[Colonel]

PLanet Stability:I think it can be assumed that not all planets are going to have the same contiental plates and on some planets the contiental plates would move alot faster then on earth causeing earthquakes, and cutting down on the amount of structures possible on planet.

Next, I think it should be alot harder and take alot longer to set up colonies. If you think about even if there was a wormhole thingy in the Real earth solor system it would still take awhile for us to be able to build up the resourses and find the best spot on the planet to set up the inital colony. You can't just plop down anywhere on the planet and hope to succeed.

This is an AI thing, In the Resarch txt thing it is set up to make all AI research shields, weapons, Ship Contruction, but that is SOOOOO unrealistic, Instead it should have different AI research patterns depending on gameplay, Examples
If a race has lots of Mining Colonies they should devolpe Mining technology.
Or if a race is stuck by itself with no contact with other races, they shouldnt devolpe to high technology. I think you guys will understand that.