Wing Commander CIC

I thought of this thread after reading and participating in the "Wing Commander for a Modern Age" thread. So here are two things, off the top of my head, that I would want to see in a new WC game:

1. Unique Weapon Effects - as an example, the meson blaster was supposed to cause damage as the mesons decayed once the target was struck, so maybe a ship would take damage over time even after it had been hit
2. Integration of Planetside and Space - instead of having a pre-rendered scene of us entering the atmoshphere or going back into space, shouldn't we now be able to actually fly into the atmosphere and back into space in-game?

Feedback and other ideas are welcome! As the thread title suggests, let us try and keep the ideas constricted to those that seem feasible.