So I started a new game after months of whining. Gigantic 32 civs far start. The Galaxy has just under 1000 stars! Yippee and the supply looks like it has been scaled to 1250! Maybe I can conquer this galaxy with larger ships now instead of spamming small ships!

Tried a few more times to replicate and got one with approx 500 stars, then 600, then another 500. So if you keep trying it will produce. Would be nice to be able to choose the star count.

Over all Im very impressed that they heard me out. Time to dive in and play again.