mkiv

This is for the wonderful people over at Frontier Development. I was wondering what it would take to get the Cobra MK IV made available to all players now. I only discovered and started playing this game 6 months ago and fell in love with it. I now own 98 ships all scattered around the bubble...

Don't read the spoilers if you don't want my opinions. :x My question is, Does the lockout of the Cobra MkIV even count even after you go though the effort of getting Elite rank and to Founder's World? So, If you're locked out now, even after you put that work in, it don't matter?