there is no point for transports to come with weapons. for newbs its confusing and its counterproductive for all. not that i buy much else, but when i do, so often i find that its not possible to buy its equipment at the same base. which again isnt good for newbs. so i do think there is a mis-mariage of the two in general. and shipyards as such are hardly befitting the name. each npc faction needs their own 'proper' shipyard where all ship purchase activities can be performed in a sensible manner for all applicable ships.
