Well I am certainly willing to try it out your way.
P&N is my favorite 'tech' mod currently. Devnull used to be but I dislike so many of his current tweaks that I never play it anymore. Fixed until broken I say.
I think Living Ships need a little more bang for the buck. What is it currently 750 racial points? (I am currently having a great game with the 500 point Version. So I have not switched to the Lastest Version yet.)
How about making Living Ships cost 1000 racial points and giving OA the repair one component ability if one takes Organic as a racial trait with it? At 2500 points it would be pretty reasonable.
This would make for an interesting combo. IMHO.