There's some really good and innovative ideas being discussed in this thread. It's long been my wish to have this kind of interaction and verbal feedback from the crew.
See my post from nearly 2.5 years ago in regard to SHIV :
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show....php?t=121913-
many of my ideas echo the ideas at the beginning of this thread. Will the modders be up to the challenge?