Since the majority seem to be in favor of this change (with the few people against it who posted but didn't bother offering anything constructive and just went "No". Thanks for the input), here's a rough draft of a possible stats set:
Handling:Unchanged
Powercore:500,000
Hull:150,000
Regens:600
Cargo:1,100
Shield:Class 9
Turrets:5 Class 5 (5 forward, 3 backward, 3 sides)
Special Equipment Mounts:2
Discuss.
... You didn't even give it a heavy gunboat core. Like I suggested before, you might as well make it a liner at this rate. It's just a bluemsg pinata with these stats. And I don't even use this ship so I'm not particularly biased.