ducimus did a lot of research for TMO. lurker probably even more for RSRDC. However, as has been mentioned by many SubSimmers, TMO is more of a "difficulty" mod, making the game more challenging. RSRDC tried to model the merchant traffic of the time period, based on historical data. Bubblehead1980 is trying to add his own flavor to the TMO / RSRDC mix, so watch for him to have his idea of the "perfect mix" shortly, and Bleiente has already released his idea of such in "
Ralles RealModPack for TMO_RSRDC_OTC". This is the great thing about SubSim: If you don't quite like a given mod, and don't feel you have the skill to mod, wait a while and someone will come along with a change for you...
I'm going to have to do some digging to find them again, but if you like the Quick Mission idea in the game, cdrsubron7 has a set of them for TMO/RSRDC in the download section. Excellent stuff. I have a tendency to lose track of time in them... That was easy enough:
tambor198's TMO+RSRDC missions pack...