Some last questions? Thanks much

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Well I solved most of my problems about which I posted below, and this sure is a neat game.
I basically only have these two questions:

1. Like almost everybody else here on the couple of pages of threads I read through, the only thing that really bugs me is the hyperdrive and the Folding ability of the Zorg Helmsman. Someone likened to finding the HD to a Yahtzee or a jackpot -- and that's true. But on medium or larger maps, it seems I almost always can find one, and it makes time management and nebular planning retroactively useless.
Over at the Mod forum, I saw here that PvK asked about modding the hyperdrive, since it didnt work for him, and that he was told that the HD recharge time is currently hardcoded, so that this cannot be modded, but that this might change in an expansion pack. IIRC that was about 8 months ago.
Is there any new developments on this? Will there ever be? Any Digital Eel input on this?

2. From what I can gather, there was a mention about a month or so ago here on this forum to this tune:

Don't worry, new stuff will come

There is so little traffic on this board, however, I wonder are people playing it still, and how I am to understand this phrase?

Thanks very much for taking the time to answer