Unnoficial Inara ranks give lots of point from Elite V rank, a great and important ranking that include great players like me..... that used Onfoot combat missions for Elite V Combat in 1 month, bypassing the need of a ship.... or Spansh for Exploration V in the bubble, and Exobio in Pre-Odyssey discovered systems, or nuking drops with dual Karma L-6 in the same Small Industrial again and again..... so the rank is part of players that work hard and part players that bypassed the grind using the latest trick or broken CG. Similar for Inara awards. Don't use ranking or awards as proof of hard work.
As side note, Elite ranks ABOVE the Horizons ranks CANCELED the 2.5% discount, the bug got fixed, but maybe some of your purchases from 3-2 years ago lack this extra bonus. Inara import to EDSY.org will give the info in each module.
0.75x Elite rank for scouts, 1.2x from Cyclops, and up to 2x for Hydras..... isnt a lot, where nuking a onfoot drop in missions provide 6x targets, with some "bugged?" safeguard missions giving 2 drops at the same time. Numbers need to be balanced, at least for interceptors.
About shipkit, the lack of color make it worse than the one in the Arx Store, but its ok because its free and a entry level. I don't see the light effects that the other carapace shipkits have. I you want the cooler version, pay like the cooler players that mantain ED. The extra ARX for titan hearts will help you.
The decal, white and black mandatory, and all decals need suit compatibility, I understand that emissive decals could have some technical problem. This thargoid war have onfoot content in spires and AX reactivation missions, the players that contribute deserve this pride badge. I weaken a thargoid mothership..... onfoot, 3310 David vs Goliath. I will wait that 8th reward improve the decal problem with estra options.