We've all seen how our internal displays can get all distorted, along with our ship's computer voice, while under attack. My suggestion is simple, and would easily find a home with a trader who wants to discourage bandits, or indeed with a pirate who wants to take his prey's cargo at his leisure - in fact, I believe anyone could make good use of this.
An "ion cannon", to borrow the Star Wars vernacular; an energy weapon that, while it causes little to no physical damage, wreaks havoc with the target's power systems. Increased capacitor drain, reduced weapons capacity, the ability to slow or halt an FSD charge... Commanders would need to divert power to Systems to offest the effects, perhaps? Obviously this would need to be balanced on the flip side, such as requiring a medium hardpoint, a full SYS capacitor, no gimbals...
I believe this could add an interesting element to combat, especially PvP.
An "ion cannon", to borrow the Star Wars vernacular; an energy weapon that, while it causes little to no physical damage, wreaks havoc with the target's power systems. Increased capacitor drain, reduced weapons capacity, the ability to slow or halt an FSD charge... Commanders would need to divert power to Systems to offest the effects, perhaps? Obviously this would need to be balanced on the flip side, such as requiring a medium hardpoint, a full SYS capacitor, no gimbals...
I believe this could add an interesting element to combat, especially PvP.
