@McNeo:
MK II Sabre: yes, to counter the stats of the new ships if they don't get nerfed.
If they get nerfed, I'm OK with the existing Sabre.
Out-turning the Manta -- well, at the current armor rating and firepower... it should be out-turned by quite a few ships IMHO.
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor