Insider Build 1.55 - No farms, No Probes and Interstellar Drives mass 52?

Hi

Have downloaded the latest version of the Insider Build and seem to be getting the same issue no matter what race I'm playing:

1. I can't build any farms. I've checked the tech tree but nothing seems to be locked behind research. This is currently a massive problem if playing an organic race for obvious reasons.

2. When I first go to the Shipyard, there are no Probes available to build. However I can make my own from the ship designer. 

3. Interstellar drives and unshielded drives have a mass of 52 and 55 respectively. That's kinda heavy. 

Not sure that's intentional of course, and the second 2 aren't nearly as important as the first. It's hard to build an empire if you can't keep them fed. 

 

Request:  When making a custom race is there a method of making my own custom citizens with their own traits? at the moment I  get the traits of whatever of the standard factions I have to choose. It doesn't really matter but seems a bit of an oversight. I have imported a load of AI generated pics of my cybernetic arachnoids.  They come up fine, thanks!