Ragnarok-X: don't forget that Atrocities is participating this game too, as Breen
A while ago, I've asked Atrocities, why Borg's boarding abilities are so much better than Pirate's ones. He replyed that Borg are not some dirty "black market dealing pirates", they're BORG
I think this is right from RP point of view. Although, it's not very good for game balance. But STM is Star Trek related mod, not the "The most balanced mod of all times", afterall.
Atrocities: you know, fans are always wish new Version of the mod to be released
Decide it yourself, if you think it's nessesary - do it.
Can you just upload special data-only Version of final STM to pbw. I mean that pbw doesn't really want this intro screens, additional pictures and this stuff eat up most part of space. STM 1.7.2 is already on pbw, so admins can simply uprade it with data-only Version.