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Originally posted by Krsqk:
You can't give the LS ability to the CQ, or else the engines will still function normally without ion generators/reactors. IIRC, complete loss of LQ only drops engine movement by half; complete loss of CQ by half; and loss of bridge by half; and all three modifiers multiply.

Not quite what I meant. Set the LS requirement of all ships to 1. Remove LS components entirely, and rename the CQ to CQ/LS, doubling cost/size or whatever. Then add the new widget component and secretly give it the CQ ability. Therefore, every ship must have a widget component, or else its speed with be down to 1/4.

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