Understood Antonio and I apologise for going off tangent. Anyway slighty more on topic, I went through all the various freighters this evening and jotted down a few basic stats including weapon arcs to get a rough idea of what each one could do or needed to be done.
1 x Class 9 Fighter Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
5 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
1 x CM, Mine, CD
7 Guns Forward, 3 Side, 5 Aft, 3 Up, 2 Down
Notes: Top turret fires through cargo pods, squarish horizontal profile and moderate side profile.
The Anki is in a pretty good place, plenty of forward and aft punch but probably a little too easy to hit in any sort of fight. Dropping the class 9 and 10 slot in favour of two more turrets would make it a solid runner.
3 x Class 9 Fighter Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
4 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
1 x CM, Mine, CD
7 Guns Forward, 4 Side, 3 Aft, 2 Up, 1 Down
Notes: Short frame with large Foward/Aft profile.
Good amount of grunt up front but the large face will be its downfall and with all its guns forward facing, its strength and its weakness cancel each other out. A slimmer front and exchange of a turret for another gun/missle might give it a piracy boost.
1 x Class 8 Fighter Gun
2 x Class 9 Figher Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
4 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
2 x CM
1x Mine & CD
8 Guns Forward, 3 Side, 4 Aft, 3 Up, 3 Down
Notes: Tall thin hull with moderate side profile.
A tough nut with plenty of forward firepower and double CM's. More of an oversized VHF than a freighter, could be good for the LPI if that extra CM can be traded for something.
2 x Class 9 Fighter Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
6 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
1 x CM, Mine, CD
7 Guns Forward, 3 Side, 6 Aft, 4 Up, 4 Down
Notes: Flying brick.
I'd personally rebrand the Ragnar to a pirate freighter and give it to the Unioners, drop the two class 9s for turrets and it'd make a nice death brick.
1 x Class 8 Figher Gun
2 x Class 9 Fighter Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
4 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
1 x CM, Mine, CD
8 Guns Forward, 2 Side, 2 Aft, 4 Up, 4 Down
Notes: Left front turret doesnt fire sideways. Tall hull with a wide upper section, moderate side profile.
Weird ship, everything is up front leaving the aft and sides hugely exposed and undefended. Could work with an agility boost or reshuffling of its turrets, either way its not got anything going for it with that cargospace.
3 x Class 8 Fighter Gun
1 x Class 10 Missle Pod
5 x Class 2 Heavy FIghter Turret
1 x CM, Mine, CD
7 Guns Forward, 4 Side, 5 Aft, 3 Up, 2 Down
Notes: Wide horizontal profile with thin side profile.
Good profile for a pirate freighter and plenty of bite, still needs something to hit transport with however.
For the pirate focused versions I think some form of shield buster so it can be useful against transports without making it a poor-mans bomber. Cargo piracy is still done better by actual transports so I figured it'd make more sense for a pirate freighter to with in tandem with a bomber rather than be upgunned to an insane degree.