I think its not the first time I ask for this

due to many IC players have grown, have family, rl issues, etc ... not all of us are able to play full rounds at the needed activity level
My idea is to desing a small galaxy (1 sector 50x50) for 50 players (1 man fams) with standard rules and the following starting setup:

-Home planet plus 19 planets RANDOMLY placed in the gal
-Starting res & cash x20
-Stariting with 10000 research points (so you can quickly get construction bonus)
-10 explo ships
-No naps No allies
-Normal market (2 days delay)
-Attacks/ops allowed at tic 0

The duration of a round is 10 days, so when you start with your spared planets you decide which to defend and portal and wich not, where to try to set your core, etc...

I repeat, this would be a present for those IC players who have few free time to play, so you only need 10 days to play the game, then you can attend ur rl stuff and join another round next month or so.   There could be 2 rounds every month, even 3 rounds if we set the duration in 7 days.

This are meant to be fast and fun rounds, where you skip the boredom of the BOR and start playing directly ad hoc with what yar given