Frankly, return to the older version, remove the pilot, fill the upper part into something like cockpit and it could be a quite nice AI-controlled scouting pod. Something faster than LF, but unarmed.
IMHO something that small won't pass as human controlled thing, but if it's controlled by program, computer or just by human on other ship? Kinda good scouting pod. Something like smaller, unarmed Liberator, with enough space only to mount cockpit, engine and needed cooling
