[Fyron]

Pathfinder:
Imperator: In the Shadows test I am doing the medium then heavy reactor (ancient) come into play when engaged in combat the additional supplies sure help with beam weapons, especially the heavy molecular slicers . They hold up better that the fission/fusion ones...IMHO anyways
Of course they are better than fission/fusion ones. The light ancient reactors are just so much more powerful than the medium ones.

Val:
Yeah, there probably is a typo for the reactors. I had assumed that that was the purpose for the larger reactors (that, or just increased efficiency).

Though, if this is actually generating resources... we may have accidently discovered a way to make resource generating components (when coupled with a vessel that has a built in maint reduction)!
Actually, SJ discovered that a long time ago; it was in an old Version of P&N as a way of allowing Nomads to grow.

If I make the various "ship type" components different families, then I can't restrict a ship to only 1 per vessel, or am I wrong?

Good point.