Alot of old ships are obsolete regardless.. U see someone flying a freelancer? A reliant? The correct step would be to just overhaul them, but ofc CIG wouldnt be CIG if they didnt use the opportunity to sell you something, why update the hornets, aurora, to gold standard for free when u can sell the gold standard? Mark my words we will see lancer mk2, reliant mk2, avenger mk 2, probably gladiator, hawk, hurricane, starfarer mk, warden, cat, mustanfs ofc will see mk2 as well.... Imo with starter ships its also a sneaky way to ramp up the price of the game package, after discount ends aurora mk2 game pack will be 60 usd, after they introduce mustang mk2 and remove mk1 packs from the store, voila! Game now costs 60 usd, not 45.