Captains going forward

[enthnal]

You should only be able to get a single captain from a faction that you are max rank with. In order to get more captains you should have to get max rep with another faction to get another one to join your fleet. This would limit the amount of AI controlled ships at least until you get more time in the game getting faction rep up no matter where you go in the game.

 

A optional bonus would also be that Captains could be unique by giving each one a random trait, such as -5 second for shield recovery, %5 faster crew leveling, +1 Turret. This would give a reason to keep looking for better Captains and put value on the good ones you find.