one with a 10% bonus to sensors and the other with a 0% bonus in missiles
I trade 5 of my defense systems scientists for your sensor guy,
What is great is that this kind of harsh begining have a strong influence on your fleets in ten years.
But 2 scientists at the begining is a bit low, I agree with Five, if you have a starting pop of 500 millions or +, it doesn't make much sense to have only two guys able to lead a scientific project.
But how many Reasearch Lab do you have ? If your two guys are able to use all of them, then it's not an impossible begining to me. I predict for your fleets slow and fragile long range missile cruisers