I've been curious for a while whether there has been any discussion internally at CIG about making ships that are not "state of the art" as all ships in-game currently are. Surely lore-wise there was a time in the SC timeline when ships did not have artificial gravity regardless of thrust direction, or possibly ships that were not designed for QT that have been retrofitted with quantum drives. We have plenty of people in our current timeline who choose either out of necessity or for nostalgia to drive older vehicles. Some upgrade them to run like newer vehicles, others keep them as true to the original as possible. I'm certain there would be people in the SC universe who would choose to do the same with ships.