User blog comment:Bartholomew Firewrecker/Ship Customization better than, just releasing SOTL and other ships with it?/@comment-3503011-20111015163154/@comment-4875046-20111016061319

Basically, they're saying that the Ship of the Line WAS an intended release, but they soon found out it was too buggy and glitchy, and would have caused more problems than it was worth. They may release it soon after they can seriously manage the bugs.