Hey, I'm not in charge and I assume that the caps already have the 2-D work done for them (not that I would ever refuse). You don't have to pass things by me. Supposedly the creator was going to assemble slightly more unique abilities, in which case I would want to wait for that. As it is, I kinda feel like it's a great idea, but that ship abilities (let's be honest, that's where a lot of them really vary) are very recycled. I get why, I just wish it weren't so.
But whatever. As for changing up the Diplomatic tree, I was thinking that specialized directions of alliance could be made. TEC can have 'reparations' to better their standing with Advent. Advent can have 'common enemy' to better their standing with Vasari. Vasari can have 'slave release' to better their standing with the TEC. I'd really have to sit down and hammer out ideas with you guys to come up more for such a tree.
Of course, I should also post this on the mod thread...