So,the current Nephilim will be made into another whale of some kind?In that case,I havent seen that many whales around,except for the ones that powertrade.This adds to more lolwuttery in the game.
Also,it would be nice if the stats of these ships come out,so that there can be a better point based argument here,along with constructive stat changes.If not it is like throwing a stone in the dark,without knowing what it might hit.
EDIT:And as Red said,it also kills the indy Zoners activity.Afterall,who would want to fly a restricted whale while they can fly house ships,transport ores and still earn large amount of profit despite the house relations?They can smuggle things in a Junker/FL Ptrains if they want to earn a meagre profit with increased access to systems or want to just explore new trade routes without being shot at.