Need ship advice

[abbamouse]

I have two new characters I'm setting up:

1. A Cryer motivated by the desire to save his daughter's life. He knows her illness is somehow related to Nomads, so he periodically makes trips to collect their remains. Put simply, he needs any ship of any type which Cryers can use that kills Nomad NPCs well. Difficulty: I'm really bad at combat and lag quite a bit. Actually, he's bad at combat too, so my weakness is RP-compatible. How well does an Eagle stack up? What about an Armored Transport? Any recommendations?

2. Another character is Mr. Joker. He has a name, but he's more or less forgotten it. He's become pathologically obsessed with attention-seeking through "humor" -- often at others' expense. So he needs a ship that's fast, agile, and capable of taking a few hits. Nothing unlawful, but I'm otherwise open to just about anything. What will best enable him to get away from those he annoys (and survive NPCs as well)? Weapons aren't very important. He'd rather run than fight. I have a few ideas, but what might best match this character?

Any help is appreciated. I've been browsing the wiki for a couple of hours now, but I still don't have a good sense of what to pick. My trader character has about 200 million in the bank, so cost isn't much of an issue for either of the new characters.