I remember discussing this topic on TS fairly recently, so here's my two cents on the matter.
Unique ships are a milestone. A part of the mod's history. So the person who got them has left. Does it give us the right to repurpose their work just because of it?
No.
Does it gives us the right to say that the ships are now a waste of space?
No.
They are the fruit of the effort put into them by the player back then. No matter how different the RP quality was back then. They are a milestone and should be treated as such, even if it is just out of respect towards that player. If the player has left, so be it. A single ship is not THAT big of a thing, when compared to the rest of the size of the mod. They have left something to remember them by. Who are we to change it or repurpose it or, even more so, call someone's RP obsolete or useless to the mod?
EDIT: As far as new ship requests go, I do not see any problem. I would not mind if there where many. I wouldn't mind even if they were above the balance norms, as long as the player using them fulfills their purpose. I'd say, to hell with limitations. If someone wants a unique ship for themselves and can pay the people putting it together both model and coding, not to mention provide some sort of usefulness to the mod itself, it is already a good thing.
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