I started on a clone using all original components in the free version of unity3d too, if that's something someone would be interested in pursuing with me I could setup up to 5 people on TFS for source control.
here's a screenshot

if any content is used from FTL we would need to extract it from an existing user's installation when installing our clone
My reasoning for starting on this was playing some BSG on the tabletop and the fun multiple people can have in a similar game.
It's just me so far, built onto a grid pathfinding tutorial I created a while back, my youtube/google email is zaibach333@gmail.com if you need to contact me in the case that my forum notifications don't reach me