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Create a "Engineering Section" that is: 1/4 size repair bay at say 1/4 the repair rate and 1/3 the cost. It would have the Ship Yard ability but would require self imposed control to only use it for retrofitting. This would be useful to simulate having a Federation Chief Engineer on board.

Gryph, you ever played Devnullmod? It has something very much like this: An engineering section which grants limited construction /repair (I think), extra combat speed and an auxiliary control.