I love every aspect about this mod, other than the fact that they seem to get annihilated by every other faction they go against(The Nayorates... really hate that faction). I think its just because yours is so vanilla balanced OR they lack luster when regarding firepower. You should make a junk pirate frigate/destroyer/cruiser/capital/battlecruiser using Hightech ship parts and built in weaponry, Just a thought
Thank you, that's very nice of you to say so! It's always good to hear people's thoughts on this mod.
I think the problem re. balance vs. Mayorates et. al is a difficult one that I am not necessarily keen on approaching (this faction is not supposed to stand up to a Tri Tachyon level of technology, so therefore wouldn't stand a chance against those factions which are currently balanced at this level or above).
I guess I always want to reference against Vanilla, rather than risk clouding the mod world with factions of ever increasing power, even though I appreciate the reasons why this might be fun (and useful) for players of Exerelin etc. I always consider comments - but I'm happy with where this faction is, at the minute, despite - as you say - a potential lack of bite.
I suspect that might be more to do with the comparisons against some of the royal ass-kickers present elsewhere (including some of the vanilla machines) rather than necessarily the fact that the JP are completely impotent.