Ok, I'll try to sum up everything... or almost everything.
Liberty Gunboat: will check.
Planetary battles: what are you talking about?! That's up to you what other games you play, don't tie this to Freelancer please.
Nomad and Order factions: Order faction will have some further development, but Nomads won't be a faction. Nomads are hostile to all humanity. Player is a human being and cannot join them. Yes, it's possible to fly their ships and use their equipment; but no more.
New ship models for Outcasts, Corsairs, etc: if you find the ship you are talking about or maybe do it yourself, then I will introduce it. I don't know any ships that fit your descriptions, sorry.
Railgun: may be introduced, and Tizona turret may be introduced too (though will cost real lot , and original Tizona will cost a bit more too).
More fighters in encounters: you want more lag? I don't. And regarding lag of Swarm missile, maybe make its fire rate less? This could help against lag. Also applies to chainguns (unfortunately, may have to reduce their refire rate).
Exclusive items, as Daedalus proposed: sounds fine, but we don't have any events for which those items may serve as a reward. Otherwise, I don't know whom those items should be given to.
Advanced ship controls: if Freeworlds has it, doesn't mean that I know how to apply this, and doesn't mean that instructions on this are generally available. Moreover, I think that ship controls should remain original. And no, there will be no engines for sale or engine upgrades. Discovery is not another clone of Evolutions in this way. Besides, adding variable engines will require some exe editing.
If there's anything important that I missed, post again, and post more. Please remember that I haven't got too much time for working on the mod now and won't be able to add as much as 4.78, so don't expect too much from next mod version(s).
