[WhiteHojo]

Spyder - I agree w/the bonus to intel but for another reason - thought pirates wld be difficult to infiltrate so wanted a bonus to intell defensive ops (the counter I suppose is that a pirate has no loyalty and should be easier to co-op via PPP or crew insurrections)

the maintainence, to me, shld be lower simply due to the old axiom "practice makes perfect" - if you know your ships inside and out and realize there parts/resources are limited, you'll take care of what you have. Besides if I bumped the maint cost up coupled w/the lower resources, they wouldn't be able to field any ships.

keep the ideas commin though

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