r/aurora put out a call for new moderators. I would have applied, but after reading Steve's post this morning about the first mod released, no way.
I told them (the mods at r/aurora) how they could have very easily avoided this. They could have used a tool called AutoModerator for Reddit to set up a simple filter that would have sent any post containing the word 'mod' to the moderator queue instead of being published. That's it. 5 minutes or less of work.
That they did not do this probably indicates that they don't care. Given how firm you've been about no C# modding, this is something they really should have thought to do.
Steve, I just want to say that while I'm new here, I have a great amount of respect for what you're doing. You're releasing a complex, well thought out game for free. The bottom line is that no one is entitled to feature requests here, and that includes mod support.
A game like Rimworld benefits greatly from mod support. But that's because Tynan built that game with mod support in mind. Your game is different, and that's cool. That's great, actually. Because I know when I'm playing Aurora 4X, I'm experiencing it the way the developer intended. There are plenty of games out there; we don't need to be able to mod them all.
Ignore the entitled individuals on Reddit and elsewhere.