That already happens Tsujigiri.

The problem is, it depends on what system your in as to what level of missions are offered. So the real question is how do you enable all level of missions for all systems.

The answer to that one is to edit all the system ins and up the difficulty settings. The problem is Liberty pirates dont have any great ships. You would have to add them your self first so higher level missions would be possible.

I cannot remember if the mission inis would also need modifying too though.

Giskard

could you give me any more information about enabling higher level missions?

wasnt able to figure this out yet...

First you need to read my System tutorial in the tutorial forum. That will give you a grasp as to how systems can be edited. This is the most important part as the system appears to set the level of the attackers.

Then you need add the ships to new systems to the AI factions available ship list. This means editing a lot of files. ITs a big job. Very big. Adding ships is almost like adding your own from scratch. Almost.

So the second thing you have to learn is how to add ships.

Once you have learn systems and ships the rest should become clear to you.
I could explain it now but youd just be back in a day asking about either systems or ships. So its better you learn both of those first then ask the questions.

Giskard

I know this sounds throbbingly lazy, but I don't suppose someone's already done this as a mod...or just as ini files which can be zipped and e-mailed/uploaded?

I've worked on modding(adding) battleships to the game, but while I would love to have level reflective missions along with their financial reward in all systems, I don't have time to do it