I was thinking maybe we could have some accessory ports.
Accessories could consist of:

Battery Booster- Could give in increase in battery size but a decrease in recharge rate or something. Or maybe vice-versa. If this is implemented FC batteries should not be available at all stations (which i have always thought).

Armor Booster- Could give a boost in armor but the ship would be heavier, or maybe a battery reduction, in which you would need to equip a battery booster as well if your ship had enough accessory ports.

Dmg Booster- Could give a boost to dmg but lowers armor.

Turbo Booster- Could allow a much faster turbo speed but depletes energy much quicker. I could see a Battery Booster and a Turbo Booster on a mining rig.

Radar Extender- Could give an extension to your radar (beyond 5000m) but lowers your max speed or thrust. Or maybe both.

Fog Extender- Instead of the Sector being wireframe all the time, maybe the Fog Extender could make all things (including ships) wire frame beyond player's visibility up to 5000m.

Storm Extender- same as the storm extenders we have now, it just won't use a weapon port.

I know there is much to think about. How could Pirates mix these up to their advantage? How could it be exploited into a newb killing machine? I'm sure something could be figured out though.
Also, it would be cool to be able to "see" what the other person has. Like an armor booster would allow a blue orb around the ship, while a battery booster puts a yellow orb around your ship (or whatever).
Just some thoughts.

See "gadget ports" for previous discussions: http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/3/7692

o wow. and that thread was started in 2003 and we still dont have them :\

o wow. and that thread was started in 2003 and we still dont have them

Yes, get used to that.

heh

O wow - we don't get everything we ask for in ANY game. VO is much more responsive than most. Maybe when a lot more of the game is in place they'll add it in.

yea. i didnt quite mean it like that. i was thinking more along the lines:

wow, its been 6 years and still no go, maybe they dont like the idea.

I don't think the problem is that the devs don't like the idea, its that they need to do so much before those things can become a reality.

Edit: Removed my useless bit about Storm Extenders. Apparently I need to learn to fully read.

Whistler--most P2P games don't have quite as much missing as does VO. Keep your fanboi in check.