Preparing for Free Lanes Update + Terran Armada Story Expansion

I realized a week or two ago that my main character, around level 150, that I kept achievement-friendly (which I got all the achievements awhile ago with) since the beginning now had several paid mods on it. They are all achievement-friendly, but many won't work right after the update. It includes things like DarkStar, RYOS, Waylayer, Real Lights, etc. (see links below).

So at least a week ago I created a new character and switched to a Vanilla+ experience where my only rule was to add mods written by Bethesda. This mainly includes the Deimog, a few gun skins, and the newly expanded Trackers Alliance: Complete Bounty Series. I figure they should be the most compatible things out there right out of the gate.

This new character of mine is now around level 15 or so and chipping away at the main and UC Vanguard quest lines before doing a few of the Trackers Alliance bounties again. I'll also try to build up my affinity with Andreja and Barrett and take one of them to help face this new armada threat.

How are others preparing?