Okay, I had this idea back when I first played Tiandong Industries mod. They have the ability to convert vanilla ships (or other modified vanilla ships from other factions) into their own designs. There's also the Condor, Buffalo Mk.2, and the Mudskipper Mk.2 which are said to be converted versions of other ships.
How about an actual way to convert ships? Just like Tiandong's ship conversion. We can "sell" a ship to a special market, select which conversion do we want (if we can add ships from other mods), and convert it for the next few days or weeks. Unlike Tiandong's ship conversion, you will only pay like 70% or something of the ship's price. And on special cases like built in weapons or drones, you can choose to provide it yourself to even lower the cost and the time needed to convert the ships.
