Given that, gravitationally speaking, black holes are not any different than stars (until you cross the event horizon at least), are there any plans to change them in the future?
I'd love to see a binary system, with a small black hole orbiting a star and creating an accretion disc that was hazardous to ships. Thus instead of being a sudden (yet agonizingly slow for the crew) death for early scout ships, you'd still have a navigational hazard that increased travel time by requring you to plot an avoidance course. However if you were well protected enough, maybe it would be worth to risk to take a shortcut near the disc in order to shake off pursuit or reinforce a nearby system.