First thoughts and questions on Starfury

[Combat Wombat]

I post a fair ammount in the Space Empires IV section and I have a SEIV mod(which can be found in my siggy) so some of you might know me. I just got Starfury in the mail yesterday. I played the first campaign for a few hours. I have a few questions, comments, and concerns about the game.

Firstly, I have watched 5 or 6 ai ships slam right into planets. The ones I remember most were a Terran Carrier and a Terran Destroyer that were flying together. The carrier hit the planet first then the destroyer kept going and did a few more rounds on its WP path or whatever the ships use. Then it also hit the same planet. Is this a problem that anyone else has had? Also will it or can it be fixed in a future patch?

Secondly, When I minimize the game then restore it all of the menus are garbled. Is there something I can do to prevent this?

Thirdly, Is there a way to hail ships or bases to carry out an intelligent conversation instead of the mindless gibberish they put out over the open fequency?

Fourthly, Is there a way to intergrate the demo campaign into the full Version? I tried but when it gets to 90% when its loading the campaign it freezes.

Fifthly, Is it worth following the storyline or is it just there to keep you going in the right direction?

Sixthly, Is there some place that I can view the status diffect factions hold me at, like Moderate, Warm, Murderous?

Seventhly, Are there any mods that are a must have for a Starfury newbie? Also along with this is there a mod launching program for Starfury like there is for SEIV?