Well people seem to like the idea but an answer from a support ticket about this said that it cannot be changed from a "unique" ship when I asked if it could be reclassed as "event" or even "premium".
I've got to say this sounds fishy. If they can make an entirely new ship and class it as "event", why can't they just select a different check box for this one?
So I don't believe it's an issue of being able to change it so much as an issue of willingness to change it.
If you support this idea, please send support tickets saying us much and maybe if enough people send in enough tickets, they'll get annoyed enough to change something we want changed, if only to shut us up.
Thank you everyone.