[henk brouwer]

There should be some kind of drawback to mothballing ships. At this point it's a far too easy way to keep huge fleets on standby without paying maintenance.

Maybe mothballed ships should receive some random damage to components depending on the time they have been mothballed. After all they don't pay maintenance so it seems pretty reasonable. This would also mean that mothballed fleets need some time to be repaired before they can be properly used again. These changes will make the game more realistic, and improve gameplay as well....