I know, I know, been suggested a MILLION times already,
BUT not like this
so, I was thinking, for each race, why not have a different ship for each different PROFESSION because we all know a Konqul Raider would not have the same looking ship as a Konqul Spy, spies are kind of meant to be, you know, hidden, and the default Konqul ship looks like a Raider ship, So for each profession give it a different ship.
For example, Konqul Raider could be the default Konqul ship, and to make a Konqul Builder the ship could lose the side structures, and add something on the top to show what it is, such as some kind of attached construction equipment to show that it is a builder.