Terraforming could be used as an interesting way to custamise a fraction homeplanet or creat bio pods. It the tool worked in the salvage beam fashon the computer could be conected to a storage were you can put what you want to place as well as using the beam as a weapon by putting a lot of extra junk on an aponit you could prevent him from using manuverabilaty as well as triking the shelds into covering a larger area making them esyer to break then you could pick them of as they wate helplessly to be distroyed.