you can use a GB, but you don t build one? - you ll have to borrow a design - and it won t be as good as if it was your own ... UNLESS it is technically "green" to your faction.
flagship :
we just assume that you have a flagship for RP purpose - and it will indeed suffer from incompatibilities.
so as i said before, you ll draw the short stick. - but you ll do it in favour of others who were not as fortunate as you were to get a SRP ( but just as much reason ) - who can now also try to create a flagship - even at a reduced efficiency.
also - again - cause discovery is so much driven by fear and panic:
- just cause its not compatible doesn t mean its useless!
- it means it is probably worse than a puretech setup
- so - yes... a rheinland military IFFed, IDed and equipped rheinland battleship IS better than a Unioners IFFed, IDed and equipped rheinland battleship.
and i must say - that is quite logical.
edit:
before ppl start to panic: - we haven t said how much the efficiency will be nerft!! - maybe its just 0.00002% - and you won t feel a thing. maybe its 90% - and that would be a good reason to complain. - but the point is - no one knows yet. - and if you ll never even see the formula or the numbers, i daresay - much of it comes down to "feeling" - and some ppl won t even notice a difference.