in light of the advent of the capital ships, and the eventual player-controlled capital ship, more features will need to be introduced in order to balance out the power from the larger ships to the smaller.

an effective way to do this would be to have an espionage mission that would involve placing a homing beacon on a capital ship, that would transmit its whereabouts to everyone of your nation within your system. for example, after a Itani player placed one on a Serco cap ship in, say, Sedina H-7, every itani in Sedina would have a blip on their navigational map indicating where the cap ship had moved to.

this mission would not only be rewarding for the player, as it could be rewarded with combat points, but it would have an effect on the game itself (fostering a re-active environment).

my only concern is that player controlled capital ships will be hunted down anyhow, like the current serco patroller, and this will be an unnecessary feature.