Geo:
Why did you use the life support instead of the crew quarters? It seems to me that the crew quarters represent the real maintainers of the ship.
Also, what about Master Computers? Should they have the same bonus or maybe a higher bonus than whatever crew components you make into an 'engineering component' to control maintenance costs?
It's too bad we can't use the 'restrictions' abilities in the vehiclesize.txt to control how much of various other components besides engines and cargo bays can be put into a given hull. We could have cruisers able to carry a higher proportion of armor or weapons than a light cruiser and so have an advantage even if it's only slightly larger.
[ 07 May 2002: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]