I did it( the ai) based on several references.    

That's for own ships? What about enemy ships? Used to be you could see the (arrow) stats and know what's up, but that has been changed.

Antesignani as stated in this post. Obviously, until we have more evidence, we must be cautious.

You are welcome to post where you think is best.  Codewise, a good improvement @ffm2 would be packing your mod as an extension of localratings. In practice, include (only) your additions in a mod, and add localratings as a dependency. It will simplify maintaining and distributing the code. It will also ensure compatibility with the base mod across versions. Up to you - but I think your work will benefit!