i was thinking about making pirate hunting more exciting. every combat site could have a probability of spawning an elite npc they are a little more challenging then their normal tier counterpart but they have a chance to drop a faction module blueprint.
these faction modules are between their tier modules.
e.g. a t4+: it has the power of a t5 counterpart but are less demanding with energy, etc. with this we could make a elite or faction module for each tier. something special and blinky 
they need less high tier materials to produce them but you need a blueprint for them (one time use). because elite spawns are based on probability and your only have a chance (20%-30%) for a bpc drop these modules would be rare and valuable to hunt for.
a small feature to make to game a little less monotonous maybe.