Game Settings

What game setting do you tend to like?

I've had my starts so far include cluster/medium/warp point connected and anywhere in the system. But it's the starting resources, tech and racial points that have me debating. I made my custom empire, but am rethinking some of my choices. I used game setting the are mid-ranged. And the tech points I am wondering where best they can be spent. Of course 200k need to be spent on a colony module type. I placed the rest kind of around to give a strong start in a couple of areas. Like engine techs, space yards, armor, PD, etc. But I am wondering if those points would just be best spent only on applied research.

Likewise with racial points. I take a couple of negative hits, to be able to pick up some other benefits. But unsure which ones might be too detrimental to an empire. For instance, cowardly. If I drop 150 troops, I really don't care what their morale is (kill a couple of them, please. lol). But I have not a a big end game situation yet. So far it seems like a viable (-) choice but don't know enough about the game mechanics yet to make an informed decision.

I play stock 1.66