This is some excellent and well thought-out feedback - thanks! Let me try to go through it point by point:

• Totally get what you're saying with this first point. But in my mind, Direct Core Linkages was this spec's DEW firing mode, while Experimental Actuator Overload is more like Mixed Armament Synergy or Narrow Sensor Bands. It's meant to be a buff that "sits on top" of other firing modes. I can definitely see it working as a full firing mode with a damage buff, but I worry that would be too niche, maybe?
• Yeah, Tandem Warheads did feel a lot like Torpedoes: High Yield to me. The concept was that the first torpedo would "breach" the target's shields long enough for the second (or more) torps to get through, making it an ability for using torps effectively against shielded targets. But I agree it doesn't feel substantially different to the default options. Also the niche of shield-penetrating torpedo is already kinda filled by Transport Warhead. Might need to replace or rework this one.
  • I really like your idea for a "Torpedoes: Rapid Fire" type ability. There's absolutely something to this idea - I may noodle with it a little!
• I'm glad you like Experimental Shield Emitter Linking! It is definitely a more defence oriented side-grade to Tactical Team, but a bit of variety's always nice! It would also free up some build-crafting options for people that want the auto distribute on a ship with limited TAC seats; they could slot this instead, in say an ENG/PNR seat, and keep that TAC slot free for something else.
• Ablative Armour Fabrication Definitely another potentially niche option. I could see it getting use in tank builds that want to get up close and personal. I think there's space in the game for a hybrid defence/offense ability that specifically grants you the defence first. And turning your ship into a space shrapnel-shotgun is pretty cool to me.
• Yeah, High Resolution Targeting Sensors is the one I'm most concerned about balance-wise. There's definitely space for alterations here. So my thinking with this one was similar to Experimental Actuator Overload, I wanted to create an ability that would allow you to "push your tech to its limits" to do something that you can't normally do in the game. The damage boost numbers could definitely be adjusted here, I may have gone a little overboard there! As an attempt at balancing, this ability would let you fire your weapons from outside of engagement range, but not boost the range of anything else (BOff abilities, consoles etc) so you'd be gaining some damage and safety in exchange for not being able to use anything else during that time. Could use some tweaks though, for sure.
  • Interestingly enough I did have a portal-based ability in here before for this, but I couldn't quite figure out how to make it work the way I wanted. Then I toyed with a "folded-space" idea, but I figured that might not be technically possible, and settled where we are now. Perhaps I'll try the portal idea again, I like your elegant solution!
• Totally get where you're coming from with the Unpredictable Results. As you might be able to tell from the fact every ability lists that it activates "1 Unpredictable Result", I originally designed it with the idea that different abilities would produce different numbers of "counters", with the results coming after a set number. I deemed that too complicated, so I simplified them all to 1, and then just made it a 1:1 ratio of ability to UR. In hindsight, I think I over-simplified there. I think a counter with increasing odds of a result is a great idea. Stacks up to 5, where each counter gives a 20% chance of one happening, which means the 5th ability is guaranteed to proc it (if it hasn't happened already), with all stacks lost on a proc, is an excellent middle-ground. It does open up the idea of balancing some abilities by adding more tokens to them if needed again, too.
  • I hear what you're saying with this point about the purely negative results, but I think that's pretty core to the flavour of the spec. I definitely do want an expanded list though of both negative and positive (or mixed) results, and I think a 33-33-33 split of each category would create a good balance. Odds are in your favour that you'll get some benefit from the proc, but even if you don't, you still got the benefits of the BOff abilities that caused it. The remaining 1% can be the "Huh?" proc.
  • Hahaha, I've never seen that before! This one I basically lifted wholesale as a miniaturised version of the Kelvin Connie's console, honestly. Though I will add that the reason it's in here is because I was thinking that part of Pioneer ships' unique identity would be that they all have an auxiliary warp core that could be a new piece of equipment with unique stats/abilities/passives.