Here's an idea for you with the Peoples' Mod...
Make the ships usable by players using other mods (or even the base game) by simple point of insertion... Make the requisite files, putting the most modest equipment available from the base game instead of the PM parts on them, so that they can be used as alternate starting ships or purchased ships.
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Include a tutorial document on how the user can cut/paste the ships into the appropriate files.[img]/threads/images/Graemlins/PointUp.gif[/img][img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon49.gif[/img]
That'd rock![img]/threads/images/Graemlins/icon43.gif[/img]
I love those jump-gates, BTW. I wonder if there's a way to define where a ringed gate is (in, say, well used systems) and where it's just a normal wormhole (for 'hidden' and unmapped systems).