With all due respect sir, we at Renzu use high-end components and put thousands of man-hours into each of these massive machines. They are expensive, and costly, to produce.
Also, due to the massive demand, a discount is absolutely not an option right now.
Read the ship's description: the Shukensha is not mass-produced; every single ship is tailored along the specifics and needs requested by the buyer. It's more than a liner: it's an expression of kusarian artisan craftsmanship joined with modern revolutionary shipwright. If anything, it should cost more.
1) cheap ****, it's not rare, so everyone can haz it, so no one is interested in having it above all other people. So it's price is very low.
2) usual **** which is not that available, but still not rare.
3) expencive ****, and those things are usually very useless, but people pay alot of money for completely retarded useless crap just to buy something rare for status.
So in that case you'r paying for status not for cargo hold or anything else. So if you'r interested in something like this in this game - you'll pay the cash. Also +1 liner is better then +1 lolbs.