I don't think you need to sign a petition for this one. Mods usually do what feels right. Judging by what people say and what goes on, we can get a feel for what the size needs to be. Lets hear the feedback and see what people want.
In my opinion though, Capricorn has always been the huge galaxy (granted it may be a bit too big atm) but it's where people can have huge empires, huge pcounts and huge incomes. I went across to PW for the first time in a long time this round, and man...the feel is totally different. Everything is close by (like i mean, within 4 ticks is easy). It's too close imo. For PW thats good though. Imo, the Capri playstyle won't suit that at all. For eg, there'll be raids all over the place and what not. It's just different.
But yea, a little smaller would probably be better. Previously Explo phase never used to last the whole round - but thats usually a trial and error thing. Some rounds we have a lot of people playing and it gets done quickly. Other rounds (like this one) there are fewer players + more deletes, therefore explo phase lasts longer.
Probably nice to hear what's wanted though and what might work.
Here ares some stats for your guys' info:
Capricrorn Round 1 = 3260 Systems, 50 Families (12 members per fam)
Capricrorn Round 2 = 2481 Systems, 45 Families (13 members per fam)
Capricrorn Round 3 = 1920 Systems, 37 Families (13 members per fam)
Capricrorn Round 4 = 1917 Systems, 35 Families (13 members per fam)
Capricrorn Round 5 = 1894 Systems, 35 Families (13 members per fam)
Capricrorn Round 6 = 1897 Systems, 35 Families (13 members per fam)
Btw, please note that I'm not posting anything official here. Just posting some stats and my opinion.