All special modules - with the exception of the Sting - deal thermal damage. Considering that thermal damage is the all-round damage base type, this should remain unchanged.
Modular damage type would lead to abusing weakpoints in hull or shield, thermal is the best middleground thus chosen as default damage type. There won’t be any change in that manner.
Overdrive for 4 seconds, with the addition of a plasma arc that deals very high damage. Basically, it’s a piercing gunship module against destroyers.
Also, I didn’t know I was saving for another EM weapon, nice to know that little detail about the Condensing Crystals module. ”)