[font=Fixedsys]Ho hum. Maybe Codies aaare bit expensive when you buy them from some dealers, but... I don't know, environment changes, prices change.
[color=#FF99FF]Back when you had them on Bombers, they were cheaper maybe because they were an option of many.
Could always mount faction guns or Debbies or something.
Now that you can only mount them on Fighters you'd think they'd be cheapter but it's just that the alternatives to them aren't that shiny, so 'everyone' wants some for their Pirate / Merc / Freelancer ID -carrying ShipMac.
And uh... Vengeances back then drained even less than Flashies. It was kind of funny, siiince, the effect is a thick blue beam, looking more mighty than all other laserguns.
And they're called Vengeances afterall. Aaand they were like the weakest 9er guns there were in terms of damage and whatnot, but you just could mount four on a Guardian and fire all day.
Now you can do the same, just with three and not four, so, not too big a deal.
They just look prettier to me than all other lasers. But anyways.