This sounds awesome. I always wanted the items to stay in the lobi store. I am a little disappointed that the combat pets are removed. I actually liked them :)
They need to make proper bridges and proper interiors for these ships. I understand they need to make money off the work so they could sell them separately from the ships. I think they could have the ships priced as they are, the bridge at a normal bridge cost, and interior at another, then have a bundle price for them all…
And this is the reason I think they should do in game or Launcher polls. That way they actually get a feel for what the playing community wants, not just what is on the forums. Forums are good for general feedback but if they want an answer to what people want them to focus development time on they should ask the largest…
I just recently came back to STO and this was one of the first things that annoyed me. I like to keep flying while scanning so I can quickly move to the next anomaly but this feature messes up with that.