Cannot support due to multiple issues:

“If [M] exceeds [N]...by 10…” What happens if M exceeds N by 11? According to this clause, absolutely nothing. That doesn’t seem right—perhaps “by 10 or more” was intended.

Nuclear Warheads would render the game unbalanced—to the point, I argue, of being completely broken—in favour of Scouts and Freighters. Recall that the Scout has a Firepower of 3. This means that a Scout with a Nuclear Warhead is guaranteed to roll M between 6 and 8. This means that Scouts are guaranteed to win combats against other Scouts and Freighters if they use Warheads, with zero risk of blowback. The real problem is with Freighters. A Freighter, with a Firepower of 5 and a Nuclear Warhead, is guaranteed to roll M between 6 and 10. This implies that Freighters are guaranteed to win combats against other Scouts and Freighters if they use Warheads, again with zero risk of blowback. This is especially a problem for Freighters, with a Hold of 30, as it would become extremely profitable for a Captain with a Freighter to declare nuclear war on all other Captains, purchase 3 Warheads, use these Warheads to raid other ships (with guaranteed odds of success and good odds of making a sizable profit by destroying enemy ships, with an expected M-N of 5 vs. other Freighters), purchase more Warheads with raided resources, and repeat.

The reward of Hold+5 for Extra Space is not balanced with the cost (2 different kinds of Resources, 5 Resources in total, and permanent Speed-1 or Firepower-1). I think the Speed/Firepower penalty should be removed, keeping the restriction on maximum number installed.

Per Murph’s first point.

per Raichu

per Skju

As most people seem against this.