Yeah kinda like keepers except they acquired through roleplay in events.
And if admins can't be bothered to take care of events maybe they could have moderators in game to do it.
And how they could choose the person who is going to earn the battleship, a system could be invented to choose who deserves it the most instead of only relying on what the moderator thinks. (Who made the event advance the most? Who took most part in it? Who did what eh was supposed to do the best? etc)
Yeah yo can pirate in a gunboat. but pirates are already pirating in gunboats so it doesn't change anything about that?