[mac5732]

first, WHoJo and SJ, great thread, its the most popular and gets bigger every day. SJ great work on your mod. Caught up on the Posts and my opinions on some of your questions.

1. pirates definitly should have ftrs, Ftrs should have capability of cloaking as well

2 as for capital ships, I like the idea of them building up to BC's only, but also include Lt. Carriers. Other then that they have to capture or steal the larger ones.

3. SDD on colony ships for sure. if they can be modded, don't know.

4. Pirates should have some form of research capabilities. In old days wasn't necessary, but with Space Pirates this would be a must.
They would either steal scientists to keep up to improve their "evil ways" or steal it. Maybe restrictions but definitly should have some type of this capability.

Like the idea of ftrs being able to capture
this would be interesting.

As for fast expansion, how about limiting the number of colony ships they could use at any one time or over a year or two? or make it tougher to make deals with AI or have at least 1 AI, blood enemies of pirate race where they never deal and seek out pirate planets and bases?

Keep up the good work, just some ideas,
Mac