[Krypton]

That is fact. You cannot argue with fact.

"The Xandathrii are an advanced insect race. The Xandathrii have lots of small, cheap ships which are equipped with cloaking technology which operates whilst they are in transit and as such certain scans do not work against them. They fire quickly with high damage, but to compensate for this their armour is the worst of all races."

Common characteristics are quick attack ships with some slow init def ships compared to other races to compensate. You have decided to mask their attack ships with ships of the same init from other races to weaken them rather than changing the flawed foundations you started with. This will lead to more problems in later stages, for when you correct one problem, another will make itself known to you.