Actually when I first started the mod, armor was 10kT in stock as well. I didn't change it to 5kT after stock at the time primarily due to concern about the number of armor slots - but it turns out it wasn't really an issue. I might be do a 5kT and 10kT Light and Heavy armor (same hitpoint/kT ratio) for user preference.
The galaxy quest reference was first used by RogerN when he reported the no surrender issue and so I threw in the changelog.
I wanted the AI to get somewhat ornery about human players, but not necessarily declare war right away. However, they were being too friendly, which meant they were less aggressive.
The remote Defense Bases scheme is still being tested... often before the SY Ship gets to a WP it gets an order to build another ship instead.
