Cut all power plant outputs by a good 20~30%. We'd see a lot more diversity between ships and builds. Though, life supports and sensors are going to need to get a lot more potent per rating/class if they're gonna stay competitive in an environment like that.
The whole A-E rating system for parts seem like a placeholder.
Hopefully we'll see a system where we can have multiple "top-tier" parts rather than just a single A-rank.
We're starting to see this with Bi-weave giving more options for shields, hopefully they keep going.
The whole way sensors and life support scales with rank is weird anyway.
Heavy life support should have more time (stored oxygen/temp control power), while higher ranks draw less power when operating normally.
Then we have two axis on which to balance our life support modules.
Also parts with actual manufacturers please.
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