Pros: I'm most a story guy when it came to this kind of games, and Cradle of Humanity deliver an awesome questline that is incredibly tied toguether.
It finally give that feel of doing something important and shape the galaxy, insted of just getting look at the map endlessly.
And yes! CHOICES really big CHOICES with REAL CHARACTERS, and EVEN A COMPANION (temporally tough) with his OWN story, personality and background! Thats what i'm talking about! DO MORE OF THAT!
Neutral: this DLC seen to be made especifically with the story in mind, not so much about the RTS aspectsof the game (that i almost forgot at some point, even some of the rewards seen to be pushing you towards this direction, this part is great and all, but they could have worked a little more in some other areas altough i didn't manage to see the terraformation mechanic yet, hence why this critique is "neutral".
Cons: I seem to be earning less money... i constatly see myself hunting cristals now, when in previous playthroughs i just do that at the beginning of the game and then i forget about.
Some of the rewards for complete the main questlines seens repetitive. Yes, it is good, BUT still repetitive.
Egosoft guys? Be a little more creative next time, TWO of the same? but with different functions and you didn't decide to make ONLY the functions of those ships available?
Be more creative, next time, add functions, not "unique" garbage that could be blow up easily