Armor
Actually, there /was/ a Privateer ability to repair armor with the repair droid. I know because I took advantage of it to just bash my enemies to death with the orion; I bought the advanced repair droid, good shields - and just went bash, bash, bash. I had the damndest time killing that other privateer at the pirate base until I did it - it was quite satisfying just watching his sleek little ship bust right in two as I slammed through him - and afterwords, it just became a habbit. It was a fun way to play - but you really can't do it in the remakes, as its been overlooked.