The Dreadnought Dilemma - the ideal role of heavy caps in disco

[Big Bison Bessie]

The notion of making a cap SRP has come up again and again here, but I kind of find myself thinking.... what about SRP *equipment*. A lot of battleships in freelancer seem remarkably old. Perhaps it could be that through SRP, components or blueprints for components could be given to battleships to 'modernize' them... better power distributors, better shield boosters, heck could reintroduce armor but only for battleships and have that also be something you need permission to retrofit onto your old flying brick. And heck all these could be components on the outside that could be destroyed too.

This would make a proper battleship harder to acquire which seems to be an angle you're going for, but it wouldn't entirely discourage the average player from getting one... though it would create an unfair advantage for sure. Then again this is a massive warship, if you want the deployment to be impactful then an official or well known ship showing up should inspire some worry in the opponent.

As for components on battleships, I am genuinely surprised to hear they lack them as is. I guess I have never really been in a fight with many on the opposing side where I was not in a VHF

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