Trading - Brainstorming Changes

[Unseelie]

I agree with Brunhild. That said, if such happens, I want traders to be as dangerous as their price implies.
The argument that frieghters should be stronger than transports ignores the fact that not only are transports getting more space, they're going up, astronomically, in volume and price.
Clydsdale: 500 cargo, turrets NA, about 2 million. (4,000credits/cargo)(na)
Perch: 3000 cago, 5 turrets, about 12 million (4,000credits/cargo)(2,400,000credits/turret)
Shire: 4000 cargo, 12 turrets, about 100 million (25,000credits/cargo)(8,333,333credits/turret)
Atrain: 5000 cargo, 6 turrets, about 190 million. (38,000credits/cargo)(31,666,666credits/turret)

Can cargospace, seriously, cost that much, with so little added combat capability?
A Perch is slightly better in combat than a Clydesdale, and has the benifit of a CD. A Shire is, say, twice as good as a perch, for more than 6 times the price/cargo. an atrain? less effective than the perch or the clydesdale.

Cargospace is -empty- space. It is -not- that difficult to construct. Why are the bigger ships so much more expensive, if not for added armour, sheild, poweroutput, and weaponssystems?

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