random comments-o-doom
What's the point of researching new weapons tech when it only gets more expensive and bulkier at the same rate that the damage and range increase? Is all armor going to be emissive in this mod?
You seem to be missing a newline between medium energy engines 17 and 18 in components.txt, that might screw up the game...
... ... 20 levels of engine mounts for EACH hull type???

I seriously hope that file is program generated!
What's to, eh, keep people from cheating with the engine mounts on larger hulls? It's rather easy to forget to mount your engines
All those hulls... aren't they really going to clog up the hull list?
