So as ive been making ships, i noticed that there is a lack of variety in parts, no reason to make ships, so why not add hangars that can deploy fighters for stuff like general harassment, bombing runs, or small scale battles.
You could even have a way to build them, so when you click build new ship, there could be an option to build a fighter. and it could switch to smaller scale parts, automated maybe? that you can use to make the fighters.
Now whats the point, well maybe the fighters could pass over or under ships, allowing them to bomb them, or they could be used to fill the void in massive ship to ship battles, i have no idea.
But if anything, it would add a new world of stuff to do.