I'll not take complete credit for this idea, but I think it's one that could do with it's own topic:
Another thing that would be nice yet i doubt we would see it, would be a reputation project or event to gain a ship that fits this reputation style an design. There is afew ways such a thing can be done, first would be doing a project that you need large amount of materials to complete, and i mean huge taking atleast a month of time i would say before you have what you need to complete it. I would also say it should take a new form of mark that is introduced with the changes. The second would be more of a event that happens focusing on one of the reps an in which you gain items that you can put towards retrieving a special reputation ship designed an developed by the rep. Good thing with such a change you could for go doing unque designs per-se an go more the route of the reputations revamping older models with new tech that reps use, and so using the base design model of these ships in the rep ship giving those seeking older models a different way of see them done.
Each Ship requires a substantial amount of Marks (50,000 - 100,000 +) in addition to special items (like Processing Nodes or Ancient Power Cells, and then maybe some Crafting items on top of that?)
Omega Rep = Cooperative Sphere
Nukara Rep = Tholian Raider (of some sort)
Romulan Rep = Vulcan Ship (maybe not for KDF, they'd get something different?)
Dyson Rep = Voth Raider?
Undine Rep = Undine Carrier (of some sort)
Delta Rep = Kobali Science Ship (of some sort)
Iconian Rep = An actual Iconian (not Herald) ship
Terran Rep = Mirror Versions of current flagships (Oddy/Bortas/Scimitar)
Cardassian Rep (it'll come) = Keldon
Feel free to provide other suggestions, though as stated, I think this idea/concept might be worth something. Maybe if [said] ship uses the weapons associated with that rep, they get a further boost/ability too?
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So, the big question here is why do you think this would be a good idea? Some of these ships would probably be better off as Lockbox ships (apart from the Cooperative Sphere and a Keldon ship, since those should be tied to their respective factions).
Best thing to hope for is to gain access to admiralty cards for those ships, but gaining access to those ships themselves is never going to happen.
Admiralty card only ships hould be priced at 500-1000 marks most likely
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
Although I guess that some special shuttles could work.
But I'd rather see more other special stuff added to the reputations. More special Boff's, perhaps new funny consumables like special grenades or something like that. Oh, and the current consumables (like the Reman guards) should be reduced in price.
Some stuff that would be nice to have in missions and that would give a reason to keep collecting marks after you're finished with the reputation itself.
Actually...
What if these "rep ships" were unlocked as c-store purchases once you reached the required rep level? That way...
With the following under consideration:
As a less-desirable alternative:
Everybody wins! I know I'd probably throw money at such things.
look how they carried on about event ship account unlocks and that only took a few minutes each day for 25 days and didn't cost anything more to gain so no Marks, Crafting items or other special items required to get them.
they had a great chance with T5 ship upgrades to tie in with reputation projects but they would rather sell them for zen, can you honestly see cryptic giving away so many actual ships.
the idea has also been raised to have a similar system to build a fleet ship and this has never been considered worthy of inclusion by cryptic so I can see the idea of reputation ships going down like a lead balloon.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.