Wobbly, yeah, time to stop now... Liners are transports with some additional armor and weaponry. Nothing more. They are meant to be not-very-frequent ships, mostly used for RPing.
IMG has less resources than Spa and Cruise? Well, um... IMG has bases and mining operations in Tau, Bretonia, Omega, Independent Worlds... what are you talking about? IMG is one of the most powerful independent Freelancer factions, along with Zoners and GMG.
Quote:Power is power, if power is there to support passengers, it can be rerouted in emergency to fire big guns.
And throw passengers into open space. Their dead bodies floating around the liner gonna provide some additional protection in space combat. They've already paid for their tickets, right? And dead people don't usually demand a refund...