For the now ex-trade federation, should they have the racial tech "mechanoid"? Admittedly there are actual biological beings running the show, but the vast majority of the funtioning members of their "society" are mechanical. Then we could add in some nifty benefits beyond "immune to plagues".
Now, that's all said having not had the time to play the game yet. If this has already been done, sorry bout wasting the bandwidth
