Zahn Consortium !!!
Either as a faction or part of the scum faction
they had a whole game expansion built around this underworld force. Could you imagine corruption as an upgrade card?
corruption: action- (discard this card to perform this effect) select an enemy ship at range 1 with a non-unique crew upgrade on that ship and roll 1 attack die. on a hit, select 1 upgrade card from the target ship and flip it face down. it is considered destroyed for the remainder of the game.
also buzz droids as mines that stay on the board like proximity mines do.
defense turrets that remain stationary and are deployed up to range 2 from your table edge. these turrets could have either range 1-3 attack 2 turret or range 1 repair platform