The Firefly's replacement is what a good transport ship is supposed to be RP or not. it has the wherewithal to go to dangerous places a lot better than the Firefly did, and thereby have a better chance of fulfilling its prime function; to move stuff from one place to another.
The Venator and Battlestar weren't replaced. They were outright discontinued. Oh, well, We'll get over it. But I think it's a poorer mod in the process. Less options for the smaller servers which were never a threat to the main server anyway.
