I like the fact that the starting planet of your civilization has an extra boost but isn't 16B a little to much for a PQ10 planet?
My 2bc's worth
Yes it gets managable after you reseach a bit of tech but at the start it is plain nasty. Specially with the reduced colonizer limit of 250.
Tried to build a bigger colonizer to take more people but fell behind in the colony rush and got creamed by the ai's
Cheap and quick seams to be the best at the moment.
Bakka