Freighters brainstorming -- How could we make them viable?

[Pancakes]

Yeah... no. Freighters are excellent combat ships. TZ/TS with fast guns, coupled with small hull shape and so and so, freighters are plainly good against bombers, on the direct contrary of what you are suggesting.

This makes freighters quite a nice piracy ship, but (and it's a big one) - that's not their purpose. Add these orbital docking spots, to enhance the roles they can take. Don't buff their hulls to un-SNACable level either, since that would hinder them close to immortal.

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