[dogscoff]

[quote]
>Damn! So much for the Computer Virus and AS combo.

Yeah, I think that is not a good change.
{/quote]

I disagree. If a ship is designed with a master computer, then there is no crew and no bridge. Once the MC is gone there's no-one to convert and no way to fly the damn thing.
Maybe you should be allowed to put boarding parties aboard and then fly it home under reduced speed/ functionality, but using the AS makes no sense at all.

Now, if the ship had an MC *and* crew quarters/ bridge, and you destroyed the MC, I'd have no problem with the use of an Allegiance Subverter.

Maybe an "allegiance subverter virus" weapon should be added which does to MCs what the AS does to a crew...