I just realized that the facility to design ships styles is not present.  Now, I do know that this is just an Alpha release, but is it planned?  That was another of the unique things about GalCiv that I really enjoyed.  Especially as implemented on GalCiv 2.  It really allowed you to immerse yourself in the game and in your custom race.  Having simple parts that you can assemble into your favorite SciFi race style is fun and since it is just parts you guys avoid any infringement lawsuits.  I've done cheap UFP and Klingon knockoff (hasn't everyone?), plain old Flying Saucers, B5 cheap knockoffs, etc.  This would really be missed 

On customizing races, the choice of only 3 traits to choose from seems rather broad and limiting.  Maybe the effects of each choice is very broad   I'd rather it be not so broad, and then we can pick more specific traits.  This includes customizing the home system, one of the few good things in GalCiv3.  Being able to choose the size of your homeworld again gave you that extra immersion into your custom race.  And yes, your choice had consequences.  I'm basing this on what I've seen of the Terran customization screen, since full custom races hasn't been implemented yet.