I do like these ideas for events. A bit of a shame I probably won't be getting in on this one due to the ships I have. But it does bring a new aspect into the game.
Rather than it just being a case of get a ship, pick a faction and go do your own thing. Something I seem to struggle to do due to how seriously I seem to take my ingame relations. Factions get objectives.
Hopefully this could be more than something that happens every so often.