Assimilating minor faction gives access to a special module or ship type

N.N.Thoughts wrote:
Haven't they already mentioned somewhere that minor factions will unlock a new hull? I remember a discussion about whether it should be a small/medium size.

I hope so.  This sounds like a great idea and would be one more step to more unique matches.

I was half a second from submitting this as a new idea when I read what was on the right. This post is exactly what I would like too see.

I was recently playing as the Sophons.... again, when I met my cousins, the Mavros. I thought it would be really cool if assimilating them gave me some sort of doomsday weapon or tech, which would be very appropriate for warmongering scientists.

I think every minor faction could provide something like that. While I think the heroes they unlock are ample enough for providing special ships, new modules, techs, empire-wide bonuses (or penalties) and even new abilities would be a cool feature that would make them a little more valuable and worth the effort of spending time or influence on making them happy.