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Also, purely speculation, but the 'additional assignment rewards' sounds great on the surface, but I'm afraid that it will probably be a 'reward' like the fleet starbase uniform 'reward' : "unlocked" ability to buy more slots. I hope I'm wrong. At the very least, if you're going to charge dilithium to recruit crew members, then those recruitment missions should not take up an assignment slot. Treat them as sick bay assignments.

As far as having to pay for recruitment, it feels more like a pirate captain stopping by the local tavern to recruit a few more bilge rats than a Starfleet captain recruiting newly-graduated SFA members for the honor to serve on a star ship.

Completely agree with zerobang, we need something to infuse the DOff system with some new excitement, be it new chains, new storylines, better diplomatic rewards, unique Ultra Rare DOffs, ...something!