GURPS New Space Opera Setting Idea

[Phantasm]

This was inspired by the thoughts being tossed around in my GURPS Star Wars thread for a generic space opera setting for GURPS, as well as pieces of a story I tried to write ages ago. I'm putting this before the group in outline form right now; ideas will be helpful.

I. Timeline
  A. Second Space Race (2012 - 2075 A.D.) - colonizing the Sol system
  B. First Contact (2095 A.D.) - Sekit and Pondrur
  C. Human-Pondrur Wars (2102 - 2257 A.D.)
    1. Fought for 150 years at sublight speeds.
    2. Initial Skirmishes
    3. Human Fleets Hit Proxima
    4. Tau Ceti Campaign - taking the fight to the Pondrur
    5. Uneasy Cease-Fire
  D. Inter-War Period (2257 - 2384 A.D.)
    1. Hyperdrive Developed - 2262 A.D.
    2. Third Space Race - 2264 - 2357 A.D.
    3. Contact with K'Hissh (2294 A.D.) and Glrrü (2377 A.D.)
  E. Glrrü War (2384 - 2392 A.D.)
  F. Consolidation Period (2392 - 2533 A.D.)
    1. Colonial Defense Alliance formed (2412 A.D.)
    2. Unification of Earth (2500 A.D.)
    3. Empires Overlap
  G. Unification Wars (2533 - 2620 A.D.)
    1. Started by United Earth
    2. Brings an area 20 lightyears in radius around Sol under one government.
    3. Treaty of Berlin (2620 A.D.)
      a. Sets down interstellar government
  H. Expansion Era
    1. Vega Sector Colonies
    2. Polaris Sector Colonies
  I. A New Threat - Bumping Borders

II. Characters
  A. Races
    1. Humans
    2. Glrrü - graceful, butterfly-like beings
    3. K'Hissh - powerful saurians (runtish allosaurs or large velociraptors)
    4. Pondrur - biology's freaks
    5. Sekit - crystaline silicon-based life
    6. [need a few more]
  B. Occupations
    1. Starship Officer
    2. Starfighter Pilot
    3. Smuggler
    4. Pirate
    5. Mercenary
    6. Bounty Hunter
    7. Space Marine
    8. Explorer
  C. Cultural Information
    1. Languages
    2. Cultural Familiarities
    3. Rank and Status Charts
  D. Advantages
    1. Powers (Psionics? Something else?)
    2. New Perks
  E. Disadvantages
  F. Skills
  G. Noted Personalities

III. Technology
  A. Real Science
    1. Sensors
      a. Active Sensor Array (Radar, Imaging Radar, Lidar)
      b. Passive Sensor Array (Telescopes, Thermograph, UV Sensors, Passive Radar)
    2. Weapons
      a. Gauss Cannons
      b. Beam Weapons
      c. Missiles
    3. Computers
  B. Superscience
    1. Artificial Gravity
    2. Hyperspace Drives
      a FTL communications does not exist except via couriers
    3. Force Shields
      a. Fighter Grade
      b. Capital Ship Grade
      c. Personal
  C. Robots
    1. Translators
    2. Utility/Repair
    3. Pilots

IV. Ships
  A. Ships Classes and Roles
  B. Starfighters
  B. Small Craft
  C. Capital Ships

V. Notable Worlds
  A. Earth (human homeworld)
  B. Demeter (sekit homeworld)
  C. Hurr'orr/Quetzalcoatl (k'hissh homeworld)
  D. Tau Ceti II (pondrur homeworld)
  E. Mimas Research Station (formerly Saturn's moon Mimas)