perhaps xts-9 could be used to create / upgrade artifacts, such as polychorons, cloak arties, etc

a "freakazoid" medal for completionists who manage to finish the xts-9 mission the full 1000 times.
(i myself have gotten up to 75 completions, merely to use up energy, as i finished any mission years ago)

Hah, not sure a medal could get me to run that mission 1000 times...dark pyramids and star chart purgers and temporal flux orbs are all much more useful...but being able to upgrade polychorons or cloak arties could certainly get me running it again...I think I'm on 19 completions, which was the number I needed for the dead crew medal. The rest of what I have gotten and used for missions etc has been off the GTC.

if he will add a planet buff or improvement using political favor im in

Ctlab recipe to change toxics into poison planets similar to cthonic

To make them useless, you mean ?