i.m sorry if my proposals was before but i read only to page 15 couse wanna back to the game 
i am new in cf universum ( but play single player with 1.56 & 1.57) and i know thet version 1.6 is nearly ended so this are proposal to next wersion or just good ideas for future
i wanna say thet i am not modder i dunno know how to make such a greate job like op and i realy like cf and fl so this are only my opinion and ony for information or inspire to mod maker ...
my first proposal is to make lvl'ing more harder .. realy more harder and change lvl's of avalible ships ( i know this be hard couse single palayer but ....) and dramaticaly change ships and weapons prises so to buy vhf from middle class u must pay maybe 80, 90 milions and the prizes between ships should be balnced couse if u can buy best whv for 10 k u have no need to fly heavy fighters or light fighters ( the same was made in morrowind the game i love there was no prizes balanced so u newer use chitin armors or other low-end weapons and armors couse u always can bought beter for litlle more prize ) and make vhf more vh so to fight with light fighters is not posible in such of this
so players must make aliances and wings ( i know i talk not well english but i try to say what aboute i thinking best i can )
vhf to fight with vhv and gunboats evetualy as the bomber or torpedo ships to destroy capital ships to less munavable to fight with light fighters and have problems with heavy fighters
heavy fighters ass escort ships to vhf wings got fats firing turets ( maybe 2main guns and 4or more turets ) to destroy other light fighters and missles ( maybe ato targeting upgrades for turets ???? i dunno know it is possible but was be greate and commands for it like destroy all missles ????)
light fighters ass destroyers of vhf ( greate manuvalibity and moderate weapon powers )
+ maybe gunboats as support fire power teams
+ frighters ( with realy many nano bots / shield energy cells maybe 3000 or more ) to resuply fighters ( just stay behind and fighters abandon fight for moment and player in such a frighter jettison some nano and energy to resuply it ) this is just my proposal i dunno know it is possible ..
my second idea is the hud upgrades ( maybe autotargeting for turrets ai based ) fast info on mayn screen ( like in in game hud display ) with the weapons types and shield types ( weakest spots of enemy u know weapons most efective against positron shields ... ble ble ble )
i have more ideas aboute hud upgrades but i know thet they are not possible to make ( just for another game .. maybe ..)
and last but realy small advice why planets have no planet shields generators ??? just do nothig but look nice
and last thing i find the ug .. hmm or maybe this is not bug in single player cf 1.57 when u finish main quests and u fly to alaska and use the gate from alaska to ny u are in trap without escape .. i know 5 hours play was lost .. but .. my foult ...:D
thx for reading this and i belive u be given all from your heart to make your work best u can make
with regards marcusdavidus aka saint