Several questions

[Treewyrm]

Weeeelllll.... the main system modding utility is Freelancer Explorer (don't have a link on this comp...). Do a Search for it on www.lancersreactor.com
You also have to mess around with .ini files a lot too... then change everything to fit Igiss's standards if you want to mod for Disco...

Explorer is just what I needed to learn basics. Not a problem to mess with .ini, I had to work on a game project where there was no editor of any kind, just plain xml files. Sure that was horrible experience in my mind but at least I'm not afraid of hand codinig maps anymore.