What about a vi modification? I would love to have one right about now. "fly by wire"

I wonder how it would of gone if both named pilots were 2 PS lower. So Echo would've been PS4 and Whisper would of been PS5.

Or if VI simply did not exist.

So because you don't like how it interacts with one shop it shouldn't exist? There are tons of useful used for vi they don't involve phantoms...

Actually I really do not have a problem with VI on any particular ship. I have a problem with VI itself because I find it to be a lazy and uninteresting upgrade, that unlike every other upgrade that boosts stats is a bargain (whereas shield and hull upgrades are paid at a premium). Further, because of VI's existence, every ship that can take a EPT must have its base PS taken into account as far as interactions with VI. Its the same reason I (as a purely Imperial player) dislike Howlrunner, because it overly restricts future design space and is most likely the reason we have not seen any natural PS 9 pilots in a while.