Would you consider including a startup setting which simply starts the player with the technologies they'd normally need to access whichever planet they choose to start on, instead of restructuring the tech tree?

Eh... That would basically skip the tech tree for all red, green, & blue sciences.

I thought I responded to this, but I guess I didn't, sorry about that.
That was how it worked originally, but it felt very weird to play. Automating the first three science packs is still required to play the game, but not technically required to research the other planets, and you end up with a half baked production of some of the science packs just so you can get your factory going. It's weird.

I wanted this mod to be like if Wube had designed the game around actually starting on each planet, not just a shortcut to getting yourself there by space platform, and I think that it's the most fun way to experience starting on a different planet from scratch.