<snip>The Lyrans took less than a week to eliminate the Peladine space capability,<snip>
No thanks....much rather have the Terran Empire as playable..
Copy the Feds over into another races slot and you'll have the Terrans, if you'd like.
The Terrans are not in at all. I've put the Frax in as non-playable. They make for a better AI opponent than the stock Neutral race (which are still there, I've just added the Frax ship specs).
As far as the history of the Peladines goes, depends on how you run them in a campaign. Their ships are fully capable. Their fighters rival the Feds, which no other race can claim. They also intruduce a different weapons set (none of which have to be fudged, they are all in SFC) and, therefore, different/new tactics. That's why I decided to use them. (J Carney was nice enough to do the shiplist section for them. I certainly appreciate his help.)
I know that not everyone is going to be totally satisfied no matter what. All that I can do is try to put together something that I feel is good and hope for the best. I just didn't like the Terrans, sorry.