hmm I was wondering also since in 'ships - index' there is a part witch includes a number of lasers/canons/tractor beams/etc.. next to witch is stated: for modification of your ships.. I mean it'd be cool if you could take the tabder, add some weapons/armor on it and use it as a proper ship or even add an hangarbay
however it would be cool if you could build your ship from a hull, adding an engine, hyperdrive etc etc, all of which determine the stats of your vessel ofcourse you'd have different engine types witch are only compatable with certain hulls etc etc so you could choose between more speed and less space and more space less protection/speed etc
yes, hopefully there will be different kind of modules people can add to ships, like engine, weapon maybe even hull. Some might be standard other more advanced would have to be R&D:ed