After playing a few games I grew tired of making my ships over again each game, or worse trying to remember what I need to research to get my corvette back in a new game.

Here's a simple idea that works, maybe someone else will like it.

For each type of ship you use (light fighter, heavy fighter, probe, corvette, cruiser, etc.) make a Mark 0 model that is the hull and bling ONLY. No components. Then, when you play another game you just have to pull up the Mark 0 shell and add whatever stuff you have researched onto it. Save a lot of time.

I'm really liking this game!