You know what, you're right, I had to convert the image to be able to work on it and I probably should have sent you that version of the picture. If you have it working properly though that is good. I most certainly didn't set all provinces to no start, all the major planets should have 1 no start location on it where I didn't add any map commands.
I agree, space kraken provinces can be pretty strong. They're still not as strong as space eels though, even in what seems like obscene numbers. I think most of my space kraken provinces are actually a bit lighter on numbers than some of the solar system map's provinces, though there are one or two with ~30... :P 3 space eels is definitely pretty strong, but again, there are one or two provinces in the other map with that many space eels. That said, I don't terribly mind reductions in quantity to those. Especially if they happen to be right next to a planet, I wasn't very careful in the end about just what I put where.
Have you found any of the special commanders yet?
