Smugglers would benefit from a transport survivability buff more than lawful transports would, but yet again, escorts would be discouraged. Lawful transports still arn't going to mount their armours and a determined enough pirate bomber will use scorcher bombs from point blank, snac, and dumbfire rockets spammed into the hull if the person is trying to station run.
Besides, fast kill rates discourage station docking (and thus, interaction avoidance), so it's a feature, not a bug.
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's outlawed trade unions, determined to take the underworld for themselves.)