I got a question for one of the Devs or monitors:

This concerns tiny and small hulls in both DL and DA. There is no difference in the hulls except for research why not have them available right at start? All it is is eye-candy extra hull types with no advantages.

See my post in Game Talk:Topic on hull types
https://forums.galciv2.com/?forumid=346&aid=144568#1131223

I can see doing the research for bigger hulls but when tiny and small are all the same a waste.

Can the basic hull types be mod?
cost, size, hp,speed, logistics and sensors and tech required?
Which files needed to be modded?
If one of the is .x what program lets me mod that?
I will use XML Maker and give it a try.