Hehe...sounds interesting. I'm not always a big fan of mods but what the heck, i'm in. As long as it's Fyron's Quadrant mod and not something wierd I'll give it a shot.
Course now I gotta come up with a new race and history for it...this could take me a few days to iron out
If we are going to be heavy diplomacy and politics then I'd have to say that Intel should be IN...I cant think of many things more political then some friendly old spying LOL.