Just something I was thinking about. We have a lot of Salvage Mechs but only two ships that can use them. So I came up with an idea to get more ships that can use it, and help the Kihraxz fighter in the process. So here it is.

Retrofit Astromech

Illicit

Small ship only

Replace any upgrade slot on your bar, except your EPT, with a Salvage Mech slot.

What do y'all think?

So, just to be clear, the astromech is (effectively) consuming the illicit and another slot, correct? Even then, starvipers trading their torpedo slot for green scoops would be dumb.

Yup, doesn't work because of Unhinged.

Well, which ships that would benefit would become broken? Not starviper and kihraxz

It's not great because of possible future ship issues but current scum small ships are lacking.

Edit: it is unique and one point more on the starviper because of the title. The scyk can't take it, no illicit.

A Hounds Tooth with Green 3 turns would be a much greater threat than it is. So would Kath Scarlet.

Missed the hounds tooth since it is a large ship and upgrade is small only. Would be awesome to have green turns on it, but it doesn't need actions anyway.

Would serve to shut down design space: you'd have to make sure every ship you released with an Illicit (a slot the vast majority of Scum ship have) didn't break with a Salvaged Astro and you couldn't release new Salvaged Astros if they broke any ship with an illicit.

Would serve to shut down design space: you'd have to make sure every ship you released with an Illicit (a slot the vast majority of Scum ship have) didn't break with a Salvaged Astro and you couldn't release new Salvaged Astros if they broke any ship with an illicit.

Would serve to shut down design space: you'd have to make sure every ship you released with an Illicit (a slot the vast majority of Scum ship have) didn't break with a Salvaged Astro and you couldn't release new Salvaged Astros if they broke any ship with an illicit.

I don't think about that. Guess the idea is pretty broken.

Mind link on Kithraxzes combined with overcharged astromechs and an escort that didn't super stress would be scary. So would Xizor.

One might glance at this statement and wonder why it's a problem - except it would make any other future fixes have to stand up to upgrades of that calibre in order to be worthwhile. This would be roughly equivalent to the corran problem on Ewings.

What if this was the fix for the Kihraxz? Make it a title for just that ship. Or, make it a title that simply grants a salvaged mech. I like the idea in general and think it could work with some qualifiers.

What if this was the fix for the Kihraxz? Make it a title for just that ship. Or, make it a title that simply grants a salvaged mech. I like the idea in general and think it could work with some qualifiers.

I would kind of enjoy a modification that allowed a salvaged astromech slot.

As noted, Overcharged Astromech would be kind of mental, but there are worse fates in the universe.

Talonbane would love an R4 agromech

I like the idea and at the moment I don't think it would break anything since the Starviper green sloop would be unique and I would posit not more powerful than white kturn but it would vastly complicate future ship designer's jobs as said above.

My addition to make this a valid suggested "fix" would be make this Retrofit Astro a unique illicit like the Closing Device. Then you can't spam your newly broken small ship.

Also, should it have the "cannot equip if you already have a [salvage astro slot]" ?

Right now don't think making an illicit slot with no restrictions is future-proofed enough. Especially since rebels are now gaining the illicit slot.

Now if it were restricted to say Kihraxz Fighter only (AKA the Klingon) then I say you have a deal.