Well, you could do that a little more efficiently by having higher levels of ship construction provide smaller but more expensive basic systems.
This seems like a pretty drastic solution just to be able to use tractor/repulsors against larger targets, but the only other way I can think of is to bug Malfador to make it an optional ability.
PvK
P.S.: This would also break the size limits on mounts, too.
[ 15 April 2002: Message edited by: PvK ]