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 [url=https://forums.galciv2.com/142714]this[/url] 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!