Annatar11,
Could you give a few specifics? Where do you find these files, name examples, etc. Would like to try this but not sure how.
The ship files are all located in the GameInfo folder and are pretty obviously named with CAPITALSHIP_ or Frigate prefixes, like CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIP or FrigateTechLongRange.
The ones in the game folder are in binary, so you will either need to use the convertdata.exe provided in the root folder to convert them or download the Forge Tools from the Downloads button on top of the page which have them in text already. Then just open with notepad and you'll see that line at the top of each file. It looks something like this:
TXT
entityType "CapitalShip"
ability:0 "AbilityGaussBlast"
ability:1 "AbilityFlakBurst"
ability:2 "AbilityAdaptiveShield"
ability:3 "AbilityLastStand"
ability:4 ""
defaultAutoAttackRange "GravityWell"
defaultAutoAttackOn TRUE
prefersToFocusFire TRUE
usesFighterAttack FALSE
autoJoinFleetDefault TRUE