NOTE: I made this on a game that includes the altered sprites from the Miranda Class (In the thread called 'Help with Importing ships'), I am not sure if it works without those altered sprite files.

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Open 'Gui_Global' (C:\Program Files\Activision\Star Trek Armada II Fleet Operations 3.0\Data\Sprites) and look for: 

fed_sovereignw5	wireframe02	288	96	96	96		#		

and add beneath it:

pf_kickstartw5	wireframe02	288	96	96	96		#		

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then find:

b_fed_sovereign	federationbuttons01	3	258	80	80		#	1	4

and add beneath it:

b_pf_kickstart	federationbuttons01	3	258	80	80		#	1	4