at higher levels it might be cool if serco could get cybernetic enhancements for a price that improved piloting a little...

and for the itani they could get some sort of enhanced ki focus and the shield at higher levels..

just a vague idea

well improved piloting comes with skill, after awhile you will get it:)

I am all for giving Itani some shields though!

Or maybe the Serco get enhanced maneuvering at the expense of battery power.

That's a great idea! Like in EnB where you got psionic weapons. Only it wouldn't have as much of an effect on combat in this game as it did in EnB. I think Itani should get some kind of psionic shield though. If you read the backstory the monks could use it while piloting. Also in the story line i'm pretty sure at the end it was eluding to the Serco having "cloak". It would pretty nice to have those two "enhancements" come to the fore. Also i think cybernetic transplants should be available to everyone since the UIT did originally use them in the story line to a small extent but if you do buy them you would need a certain serco faction and have to purchase them in serco space or obviously on the blackmarket.

(my 2 cents)

Yeah, but how would cybernetic implants work? After all, reaction time is determined by YOU, not by your stats ingame. I do like the "Itani shield" and "Serco cloak". Something to offset the UIT's advantage of access to all bases.

the serco implants would do stuff like allow your ship to turn a little bit faster or something like that, maybe even improve the auto-aim ?

just sort of like the ingame "pilot" has to do a little with how your craft manuvers..

or just scrap that and go with plane/weapon enhancements, that'd probably be the better route since your ship is pretty much you, though the pilot enhancements would make sense since the itani shield relies on a person =P