I saw in the discord alpha you have removed the decimator frigate since it has been "replaced by the vanguard". I don't really see the issue with having both, since they fulfill completely different roles. The vanguard is a slow, shieldless brick that burn drives in and then sits on the frontline, using it's ultra-high hull and armor and integrated damper field to survive. On the other hand, the decimator is a fast hunter killer glass cannon that makes moderate use of it's shields (though it still has bad shields), using its high speed to dart in and out of combat, using it's twin medium ballistic mounts backed up by AAF to wreak havoc before disengaging. While they are both elite low-tech frigates, I don't understand the problem with that, since even if you do not count the phase ships or hyperion there are 3 vanilla elite high tech frigates (the omen, scarab, and tempest). Furthermore, a huge portion of the people using your mod are also going to be using other mods that add in more elite frigates, so it is not like most people will only have one elite low-tech frigate with the decimator removed. While I can kind of understand the desire to remove bloat, the decimator is a fun and relatively unique ship, and I hope it stays in the mod.