Privateer

Locked: prestige hull reserved for members of a faction that has earned the "Pirates of the Space Caribbean" achievement.

Patrol captains asked for a hull that could spend a week following a suspect and still be close enough to act when the opportunity came. The Privateer puts its fuel and sensors ahead of its gun budget. Its boarding passage is cramped, its ready room louder than the bridge, and its engines are easy to service without unloading the hold. A cutter crew learns to recognize a target by the rhythm of its departures. They watch, report, and wait for the rest of the patrol to close. When the order comes, the same ship that has been a distant contact for six systems arrives alongside with its collar extended.