I can imagine within the centre of a wing a cutter/vett/conda running turrets and loaded with a heal laser or 2 and providing a fire support and healer role for friendly fighters.
I can see this leading to this sort of arrangement (smaller ship beams increasing the firepower to a larger beam).
I'm really hoping that they have some kind of weapon mod that will allow damage to modules but not hull.
I haven't played Elite in ages now. I like the idea of piracy. But I've found it to be frustrating in practice. The ability to disable a ship without destroying it would go a long way to making PvE piracy more viable.
Something along the lines of the DU penetrator: punches straight through armor but once inside practically melts anyone and anything.