I do love this mod but would like to patch certain general behavior to make it more in line with my scenario and maybe even more "realistic" in general.

Let me explain:

I am building a scenario/modpack right now, that involves four human splinter factions. They’re kinda all refugees from Sol, where a driven assimilator took over Earth and Mars. That machine empire is really overpowered, so the human factions need to bond over getting Terra back.

Startnet in general is a lovely addition to this scenario, but I noticed that the heavy penalties of border friction especially make my scenario incompatible. The human factions will, at a very early point in game, start aligning itself with that Machine Empire for very opportunistic reasons. They constantly fight b/c of the — intended — proximity.

A) Is there any way I could build a patch that does not really change much overall but, let’s say, modifies negative penalties between same species (in my case probably inly humans) in half.

B) Is there a way to and/or modify the increased border frictions in general?

I’am fairly new to all this Stellaris modding and am right now looking into this myself, bit maybe you have an easy answer? That would be totally awesome (to hit my deadlines for that huge MP event playing my scenario with a bunch of friends)!