General modding questions

Faster terrorstars? United Planets? Overall good mods out? Custom race icons?

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Hi, I just got Galactic Civilization II yesterday (friend recommended it to me after I got Civ 5 and really liked it), and I'm wondering -- Is there any way to make faster terror stars?  I made the mistake of building one in my home star system yesterday, and I'm thinking they'll be quite useless unless I build them right in an enemies star system, where they'd be destroyed before completion anyway.  I think with all the research it takes for me to build one it'll be balanced for me enough to have them faster.

So is there any way I can increase the base speed of the terror star through a mod?  Are there any existing mods that do this?

Are there any mods that make the United Planets meet more and have a bigger agenda?  Are there any mods that maybe make different sets of United Planets so if you leave one you can join another, like packs of alliances or something?

I do love the music, but is there any way to mod in extra music to go along with it?

Also, as a new player, are there any good mods you'd recommend to me?  I'm really liking the game, but it seems to have aged quite a bit in the graphics department, and the ships it gives me seem useless, so I have to use the ship builder every two minutes (although my friend just told me there's an auto upgrade feature somewhere, I'll have to look for it).  Does this mod work on ToA?  Is it the best one out?  System specs are not an issue as I have a Phenom II 965, 4GB of RAM, and a 5770.

One more thing.  In order to have custom icons for my race, what directory do I put my logos in?  Or do I have to mod them in?

Thanks in advance, I really appreciate the help!

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Are there any mods that make the United Planets meet more and have a bigger agenda? Are there any mods that maybe make different sets of United Planets so if you leave one you can join another, like packs of alliances or something?
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There are a few disabled UP topics that can be modded in, but otherwise, there's not much I know of that can be done.

I'm really liking the game, but it seems to have aged quite a bit in the graphics department, and the ships it gives me seem useless, so I have to use the ship builder every two minutes (although my friend just told me there's an auto upgrade feature somewhere, I'll have to look for it).
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The ships the auto-designer creates are, IMO, worthless junk I wouldn't trust against a minor race. The pre-TOA core designs are even worse. Generally, it's always best to design your own ships.