Well, this could make the game MORE restrictive, but since you've set it to 5000 racial points it shouldn't be too bad.
What if you made a rule that EVERYONE had to take a racial tech, that would certainly cut down on the usefulness of tech trading (but would increase the usefulness/likeliehood of ship trading). And it still leaves 3500 points for other stuff.
I'm thinking of joining, as soon as I decide what the heck to do with 5000 points
