I started a new game with 1.0x.10 and went the neutral path. The only neutral technology that gave me anything was neutral shipping (+10 trade, 3 trade routes). The Neutral Research Center gives no bonuses or buildings. I also have no additional weapons/defenses like the description says.
At some times when I reload a game, when a fleet moves, it gains movement points up until the total of all movement scores of the ships involved (4 ships with 7 movement, the fleet will move up to 28 parsecs). This has mostly replaced the 0 parsec movement of my ships in my latest game. Auto-explore and Auto-survey turning off when there is still unexplored area/anomalies. As mentioned in other posts, if you move the economy sliders, the percentages don't always line up. ex
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