Why aren't boarding pods a consumable item?

[Falcrack]

I liked it in X3, how if you wanted to board using boarding pods, you had to buy them. If not, your marines could still board, but only using spacesuits. Here's what I would change with boarding in X4.

1. Boarding pods are consumables, like missiles.

2. Boarding pods need to be launched via specialized boarding pod launchers, which could take the place of a medium or large turret slot. More pod launchers means more pods that can be launched simultaneously.

3. Boarding pods are much faster and can travel longer ranges than now, and more resistant to enemy fire, so a dedicated boarding ship could launch pods at the target from 10-20km away.

4. If no pods are on board, boarding would be like it is now with ships needing to be relatively close to the target to launch spacesuits instead of pods.

5. Have an option in the boarding screen to allow you to specify boarding via pods or spacesuits. If no pods are on board, the option to board via pods would be greyed out.