I haven't done a search to see if this was already suggested but here it gose. I got this idea from playing Escape Velocity Nova.
It would be nice to be able to capture an enemy ship and fly it around and use it as if it was your ship. this includes keeping their weapons and other such items. or you could blow up there ship and pick up what ever was left behind such as weapons, shielding devices, senors, armor plates etc. I would also like to see other such items in the game such as what EV Nova has like Armors, shield batteries, "actuall Laser weapons" new faster engines and diffrant kinds of battery packs. totally diffrant ship designs. not just the same looking ship with a paint job, totally diffrant looking ships. like pirates having cooler evil looking ships. and other ships from diffrant goverments should look diffrant and have totally diffrant stats and features than others. atm its all sorta dull. I really like the idea of taking over stations and having them pay you a certin tax or profit of some kind after a certin time period. I also think weapons and ships need to be more restricted too certin types of systems and goverments so only those few can actually buy them unless its pirated from another sector/world. I would also like too see a much larger and more expanded detailed universe with not just 3 human type races, something more alien, including a place specificly for pirates only. I could go on and on. but this game is in Dev stage so I am happy with where its at. please leave your comments or what ever, but try not to be too harsh :)