piracy game-loop

Good afternoon, I would like to suggestion a new module: Tow Cable Launcher (Class 1E): Fires a cable that connects to another ship. Immediately breaks if the target applies any thrust while the cable is connected. Intent: To rapidly decelerate targets with disabled drives, primarily for...

Pirates could have data-mining limpets to steal & acquire exploration data from exploration ships. A data scanner would be helpful to determine what kind of data and what volume is on any given ship.

The Fabrications module would house equipment necessary for maintaining life support and other necessary equipment. It's in-game purpose would be to convert the upkeep cost of the carrier into demand for Commodities. For simplicity I'd set the list of commodities and the associated demand...