Fixing a lost podship?

[Jack Simth]

Hello all,

So the Hive Bay imposes penalties to the source ship when it launches the tiny racer that is a pod ship, and they go away when the pod ship is reabsorbed. If all pod ship is lost, is the capital ship stuck soaking the penalties until such time as it gets a new podship, or is there something other way to fix it?

[sgtwhy]

If not recovered, the penalties remain until corrected. If its a living starship, it can just regenerate its hull points which (imho) would also slower replace any missing components making up said ship. just like ablative armor, which usually costs BP/UPBs to replace - a living starship can use the light of a star (or minerals, with roots) to slowly heal itself without use of BP/UPBs. It seems plausible when it returns to full hull points, the missing components would also be replaced/regrown and the penalties no longer apply.