I`m not in a hurry, and u better put ur efforts into studying, its more important than some mod.
But it was funny trying to figure out how to edit something. Although i was unsuccessful and couldn't make anything work, since i got zero experience with IDEs, compiling and Java.
If u do gonna make an update, though. Can u make sort of editable settings file for AI core maintenance multipliers?
I do think that having AI to run an AI ship should reduce automated points used by fleet and help increase combat readiness, But getting 5x maintenance costs as an offset is kinda way too much. i simply can't carry so much supplies with me, when i go exploring.
External config to easily change those multipliers' values would really be a cool thing to tune mod to personal preferences.