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There seems to be a problem with the Structural Support Components, they all appear right off the bat. Also, at the highest level they are 0 space and I can put dozens on the ship - is that the way it should be?
Structural supports should only be available once you've achieved Armor Manufacturing level 1.
Armor Physics and Armor Manufacturing should both give various stat improvements.
The Structural Supports are intended to be zero size. You can put a thousand on your ship, and get 3K "extra" hitpoints, but the ship will be very expensive, and the supports are not very good armor (3hp).
It might be useful as a decoy, if you leave it in mothballs to save money.