I admit, this idea sound like a lot of fun, but it's definitely a development detour.
Would you want me to work on it instead of the campaign? Instead of adding battlestations and weapon platforms? Instead of adding ship systems?
Besides, there already is a game that does this as its primary focus, and does it well.
Still, it's a lot of fun to think about these things. That might be one of the hardest parts for me - picking which cool ideas to actually implement and try to bring together in a cohesive whole. There are always so many ideas - that could really, really work well if given the right attention - and never enough time.