A very ambitious and interesting project.
I played a while and TBH can't say a lot yet, because I found the UI a bit much. I spent 10 minutes to figure out how to send a ship. I also spent 15 minutes trying to start a construction, and failed. Also I never know if a button has worked or not, making it really hard to find my way around. I don't know how to examine a planet which is not colonized by me. So in short I don't really know how to play - all I managed is set research and send military ships to other systems.
But it's just the UI. The underlying game is really promising. I really like ship graphics, alien races look dope. Will keep an eye on your project.