Oh, I like the idea! Really glad you like the mod! I'll see what I can do today. Also, sorry for taking so long to see the message.
The free and quick respec was something that I really felt was needed during my first play test. There are some synergies that you might discover ;)
Also, do you think a "loadout" function would help with the respecs? I was thinking about adding that.
About the bonuses, most things affect the player force, additive on top of what is there, but they only affect the player. I considered making a machine counterpart mod, but need to find the time for that. So you should see some bonuses like damage changes in the window, they do work on my char. If they're not there, some other mod might be overriding things. Please let me know if when switching to a damage buff you see any change there. If not, I could have a look at your mod list and see might be the cause, maybe some strange interaction.