but it is a great way to quickly and cheaply get a new transport fleet when playing a lesser naval power that can not afford keeping it around all the time.
Maybe as an alternative (inspired by some other posts): would it be possible to repurpose your existing navy for some price instead of drafting a new one? I'm no history scholar, but from what I can recall from books I read (or maybe I just imagined it) it was not unusual for trade vessels to be commissioned by the navy in times of war, for instance to transport troops or to serve as war vessels.
I suppose that what I'm actually suggesting would be to add a new action specifically to light ships to transform them into something else (and to transform them back afterwards, if they survive whatever situation you're using them for). Remove their trade power and make them penalised version of galleys (some more cannons, no inland sea bonus, ...) and transports (I'd say a lower troop capacity, if that's at all possible, and/or higher attrition) to incentivise keeping actual war ships and transports around if you use them often. Make it cost money (and sailors) and reduce their condition (to 1%, or 50%) after swapping to keep it from being instantaneous. This would allow smaller nations (and larger nations, I suppose) to keep a larger trade fleet in times of peace, which can be converted into (decent) war and transport ships in times of need, relatively quickly --- not too quickly, but quicker than building new ones.
In any case, I welcome the changes you've made! I'm looking forward to next week; keep up the good work!
