I mentioned this on the channel, so I figure I should log it in news as well.
Having forges in your cargo hold does not count for mnavy rep. This is simply
because of the reason that forges are restricted to class 4 ships currently.
This is not to say that it's not easier to earn rep with a higher class ship.
And that is not to say that it IS neccessarily easier to earn rep with a
higher class ship.

I know, that didn't look like it made much sense, but it does

Also, I'll be adding class 5 and class 6 ship readouts to the information
given in the Maritime Authority in the next few minutes.

This does not mean that those ship classes are available quite yet, just
giving you more information to go with when designing your ships

Melemkor