I have no idea what your point is with this, care to expand?
O7
One of the biggest consequences in Elite dangerous should be the choice of ranking up with the major factions, Imperial, Federation and Alliance. And the biggest argument against this is "I want my Federation Corvette and I want my Imperial Cutter". Which is the most short-sightedness argument you could possibly have as it's fundamentally wrong on all accounts. And it shows, just how much people can't think outside the box and take what they see for granted, without even thinking what such a move could bring.
What possible reason is there, that can stop you from getting both?
You could get the option to buy one as reward for doing top tier mission, by a faction that happened to capture one previously. Get a lucky find on the black market, which may or may not lead to someone chasing you down to get their stolen ship back. More interesting and unique gameplay. the ship may have been stolen from another crime boss and he ends being impressed with you and offers you a chance to work him, blazing your own trail that is unique to you. Welcome to your life of crime.
Why do you have to give up either the Corvette or the Cutter if you already have both?
If you betray the Federation of course it comes with consequences, common sense dictates that it would, but why would that mean you would have to give up your ship? Yes, the federation may not want to repair you, but what about Independant systems? Back water planets or stations? Pirate stations with illegally stolen parts? So what part of having to choose one or the other actually means giving up anything up?
Consequences is one the most important factors of creating a rich game. They don't stop you doing what you want to do, they just proved you with clever ways to get around.
For example: So you're blocked from entering military system x under Federation control. So what, I joined the Alliance got myself a high-ranking mission (because now we have properly structured military careers and faction progression) to go into that blocked system under stealth (need to develop proper stealth and stealth detection mechanics) to scan and record and military activity in said Federation system. Playing the stealth game to get in and out before they break your cover and discover you or you make a mistake and boom, you got your burners on, getting your backside out of there (Maybe they even give chase in the hopes of taking you down before you get away with the info) and reporting back to base for a reward or a slap around the face depending if you failed the mission or not.
And just because you join one faction, doesn't mean you can't join another one later. How you cry? Well, you track down a fixer who can sort the problem for you. You work him for a while, build up the rep, introduces you to a contact from the faction you want to join and bob's your uncle.
Of course, this means you can't back to the previous faction either, what it does mean though, as you stabbed them in the back, they will never trust you again like they did before, but that's life and the consequence of your action.
Stuff like just adds more depth and feeling to the game, it doesn't prevent you doing stuff, it just makes it more interesting and unique you and the trail you are blazing.
King - Admirals just removes so much possible gameplay.
Running mission for the Federation, the jumping down to the Imperal's the next, is just shallow, it doesn't make sense with the lore and it doesn't make sense full stop.
So how can you have game play when you have King - Admirals? Because what's left is very basic and shallow.
