Trading - Brainstorming Changes

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Few personal preferences to list:

Freighters could use -something- that makes them appealing. Just simply being able to go the normal 200 speed isnt much because bombers can easily keep up with that, and the shields they're capable of having generally can be taken out by fighters easier than transport shields.
Having a quicker cruise-charge (2-3 seconds?), and faster cruise speed (375-400?) would make them nice enough to use to trade with. Currently, they're simply only bridge-ships for people who are still in need of money for a larger ship.

Such changes might even bring an end to smugglers getting the biggest ship they can to load up all they're able to on illegal goods. Being able to use smaller vessels to easily elude lawful ships.
The cruise speed might pose a problem though as once in cruise they could easily outrun pursuing ships also in cruise. But I'd say it could be a necessary evil.


As for trade routes in general, a flat 10k/second no matter what (if it were possible without pwning file-sizes) would be a godsend and an end to any possible Route-Spammage as it would all then be left to each individual's RP to what route they take.