Oh hell yes to research, and upgrading. That armor density sounds great; throw in some addable attachments, a vehicle station, and some kind of rechargeable energy shield. You literally have no clue how worked up I am right now. We need to find someone who can be bothered with this amount of work and detail.

Been thinking about doing this for my faction, but god only knows when I'll actually be motivated to do it.

Well, not full resources, per se, but at least a power system, and upgrading I could do pretty easily.