Since the majority seem to be in favor of this change (with the few people against it who posted but didn't bother offering anything constructive and just went "No". Thanks for the input), here's a rough draft of a possible stats set:
Handling:Unchanged
Powercore:500,000
Hull:150,000
Regens:600
Cargo:1,100
Shield:Class 9
Turrets:5 Class 5 (5 forward, 3 backward, 3 sides)
Special Equipment Mounts:2
Discuss.
P.S: Duplicating the ship entry won't be happening. We'll either be going for this change, or keeping the Corvo as-is. As for the lore justification, that's not really in my area and the story/infocard devs would have to comment on that, but one idea already discussed regarding the roleplay behind the change is giving it the "Kingfisher treatment", as in - Designed by Zoners, built by Zoners and for a time primarily used by Zoners, but later thrown into open market after it's outlived its usefulness.