[President_Elect_Shang]

The progression thing is so I can get this mod out the door and share it. Generational is broken right now. You do have a great point about the backward engineering. The problem with that is the cluttered list of components it would create. It can't be sorted but the newest items will always be on the bottom. It would allow you to build an "older" tech ship to give to someone which is in canon anyway. So are you saying I should not be trying to phase the components out? Leave them in the component list so that you can build old or new tech system at will? You would be able to repair old also like that which the SFTC won't let you do right now. Going this route would be sticking with the Generational system (SE4) style which means I wouldn't need the level statements in the formulas. The level statements would be for a Progressive style only. Oh and as you pointed out with the current SE5 Progressive system you still can't backward engineer a ship. It is the latest tech or nothing at all; isn't it?

Give me the go-ahead and I will remove all the lines that are phasing components out. I think its a great idea!