A Bit Of A...Shift...

[Stratus]

Yeah I'm going to agree with the last two. Although it may not be easy for a fighter to take down an armored transport with its guns blazing, there really is no chance the transport can make it out alive. Call them what you want, but a fighter is a combat vessel, and a transport isn't. Hiring a escort is really the only option when it comes to a trader defending themselves against any sort of determined enemy. So just hire an escort, we need the business anyway.

Even so, as P Funk said, those damn NPC's are a hassle for anyone when crossing systems. Maybe give NPC's pretty useless CD's? :D

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