Haha, I've just finished my post in other thread, when I stumbled across yours, so forgive me for quoting myself:
Further I think introduction of this mod with Terran Plasma Weapons would effectively balance the game by making aliens weapons totally useless. I'd love if ex. alien weapons could've been dissasembled in workshops into Allien Alloys and Ellerium, and on top of that, making any Human Plasma Weapon would require Alien Weapon equivalent (Human Plasma Rifle would require Alien Alloys, Ellerium and Alien Plasma Rifle) - with logic behind it that although size and shape of alien weapons makes their use by humans impossible, some of their components can be use to produce human's equivalent.
You reminded me about clips though, but I imagine clips could be used exactly same way. Or maybe they could require only small amount of effort (time and components) to be adapted to use with Terran Plasma - thus making them easy to manufacture for further sale on the market?
I'm also thinking that maybe only weapon should dissasemble into alien alloys and clip into elerium?
So many choices, so many choices...