I hope this Trial Period ends soon and things go back to normal...Frankly this is just STUPID as hell as I can tell that every nutjob and his MOTHER is gonna be grabbing a Cruiser for the SOLE purpose of griefing traders when a simple Bomber or Gunboat could do the SAME THING but at least give the trader a fighting chance. You CANNOT outrun a Cruiser in a Transport, not with it hounding you, sure the transport gets like 10 extra speed or so, but that doesn't matter when the guy is shooting Pulses and LM's your hull like crazy before you can escape and CD's ya so you cannot thrust/cruise away very effectively.
But frankly...This picture says what I am thinking.