What if abandoned ships can be found in space and claimed. You can also add ships that only can be found in space like the one I made. The story can be that they were left by some ancient civilization and that they are made of a type of metal not seen anywhere and stronger then any other metal. And the white version of the ship I am going to make could be that the federation(I don't think Subset Games can sue you for using federation but just call it the humans if you want) wanted to make ships like it but they wanted them to have the federation colors. The ships should also have illegal different weapons with special abilities that you can only get in black markets and on the ships.
This could be used in the story or some sequel. If in the story then maybe right after you beat the fake final boss, lots of these type ships jump in and attacks forcing you to retreat. Then you would have to team up with Black Bear(your going to add him right, right!?!) because he is the only guy that has the same type of ships and weapons (the federation(humans)made them illegal because they were mass destructive weapons), or if you killed him earlier in the story (add that choice if you want to) you have to do something else like steal from the federation because the leader is to stupid to see that it's the only way to win against the new threat. And have the start of the credits before they jump in to the sector. After this you, black bear/friends that agree with you and other players attack their flagship or something to win. The story should have some sort of natural course of history without any players helping so anyone can join at any point and still be a part of the story, but players have to beat the fake final boss for the game to go to the next stage.
First version of the white ship, haven't made one for the ship I made yet. And yes I know I need to change the red light, but I didn't have the time and I am not very good at it so I would appreciate if someone else did it. And add a orange line while you're at it.