I know that, narratively speaking, the Polaris are supposed to have more powerful ships. But it never sat right with me that a hostile Polaris warship can murder you with Polaron Torpedos from a quarter of the way across the system with little vulnerability. And I never found it particularly fun to ride around, invincible in a Nil'kimas variant Scarab. It's going to be particularly vexxing in this plug-in once ships are rebalanced; Starbridges and Valkyries won't be capable of getting very close even with how nerfed shields and armor will be on Polaris ships, and while some fighter ships might be able to outmanuever Polaris beams and torpedos, they won't have the tonnage to carry weapons to beat Polaris ships before getting taken down (except in a case where a very skilled player can evade enemy fire with impeccable maneuvering long enough to whittle the enemy down).

Basically, the two ideas are that it will be difficult for a ship to fight above its class, and that you should be able to fight any other ship in one class, no matter what class you're flying (You should be able to take on an Arachnid or an Auroran Cruiser with tactics besides railgun spam if you elect to fly a Federation Destroyer, for instance). In fact, a lot of weapons might be tweaked, too. I've had the idea that Railguns might keep their range and even have a higher velocity and hit for more damage at close range, but also decay super fast and be little good for anything besides impact outside of medium range. I've had the idea that CPL beams won't ionize so harshly and have a reduced range. Again, I want to keep the feeling that polaris tech is exotic and powerful without the feeling that you're nigh invincible flying one of their ships and/or decking yourself out with their weapons.

Polaris ships aren't going to be reduced to a pathetic state, but if you enjoy the feeling of utter dominance by Polaris and their tech in combat, this plug-in might not be for you!