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WenXiangLee Here is your third ship, greatly improved. It does cost 8,500 more, not a lot more. But it easily destroyed TWO of the original ships while taking only 4K in damages. I am not sure why the AI thought going sideways against your two ships was a good idea, so that is where the damage came from. Its also a lot more maneuverable with the two reverse engines.
You could remove two of the lasers to bring it closer to the original cost.