Did I miss a post? I can't see the one you're quoting.

I just realised if I add them as new items, I'm going to have to get them to show up in trade and I haven't gotten around to looking at that -__-"

Edit:
D'oh, and I keep forgetting that if I add new items, the AI won't be using them unless I fix ShipDescriptions.xml and that means hand-patching every single fighter type I want to install them on. Ugh. Right now I can simply change something and watch the AI use it against me as well.