Minefields @ 40 or 60 sounds good because the early small transport launches 2 Groups of 10 mines nicely
JLS I always trade Colonizer Techs with the neutrals. They want a lot but at least they do trade. I did some numbers for a 300000 research point Colonizer type and it will take about one year @ Empire Research total of only 25k per turn. Staying at the 400000 cost works for me also.
The Hull Plating and SJ�s Armor combination is awesome, why not release it?
You raised the to-hit on the larger satellites in a past release and I like Olegs newest suggestion about raising the to-hit even more this way 50 sats will be quicker to place for the AI and us