Nope, unfortunately I just made the MACO / KHG bridge officer up as an equivalent of the old Veteran Bridge Officer (space warfare specialist) cause it seemed like an appropriate (and somewhat obvious) choice as an STF conversion consolation prize, if there was going to be one.
Anyhow, I don't disagree with you on most of this stuff, but I don't know what interview you speak of, so I really can't comment on that. It's possible something's been said about a reward, but keep in mind, Cryptic's idea of what a proper reward is itself can be a little dubious at times. If some poor bastard out there scrapes together 25 million credits and buys 250 Dosi Rotgut off the exchange for his fleet starbase bartender, Cryptic will reward himwith... drumroll please... 1000 Fleet credits. Don't spend them all on one Doff.
