stylesrj wrote:Also, why not Pirate-painted Rebel Corvettes and Cruisers? Any lore-friendly way to explain how the pirates got the Rebel Fighters and Riggers but not the bigger ships? The Rebels don't allow heavy equipment to fall into the hands of scavengers?
That was my thinking behind this, I did not want the pirates to appear too powerful. Their Cruisers are sweet rides, but still can't really match player or Rebel cruisers.
stylesrj wrote:Pirate automated ships! Maybe some pirate sectors have automated ships but painted with purple markings. The rogues certainly have Stealth ships, Rebel ships, etc, so why not some automated drones? Maybe they were sold to them or stolen and reprogrammed.
The same perhaps could be done for the Federation. You encounter a friendly Federation automated ship (or cruiser) which gives you supplies or a mission.
Yeah, this could be done and it would add some nice bits of storry around it. Then again the overall amount of auto-encounters should remain roughly as is for balance reasons, so these events would be scarce in the end. So I'm not sure whether this is worth the effort.