One thing that’s missing from the fantasy games is low-stat items. Mages, for example, had staves, which provided them with extra modifiers and damage increases while keeping stat requirements low, since they weren’t expected to invest in STR. This is missing from Drox – aside from a few light components, all components assume that you’re fully investing in their stat. For example, you should be able to upgrade your ship with weaker types of lasers at lower TACT (=STR) requirement if you don’t choose to invest in TACT, but those items just don’t exist. Same for the other stats.