What do people think about making the Raptor the UIT's nation ship by turning it into a superior convoy escort? Keep the built-in radar extender for storms/fog but give it infiniboost to keep up with convoys and a little more agility (make it smaller?) or more armor so that it doesn't go boom so easily. This way each nation gets a distinct class of ship:

Itani: fighter
Serco: bomber
UIT: interceptor

The Marauder's best use now would seem to be as a convoy raider: a light fighter with decent armor when unloaded with the cargo capacity to haul the loot back home after the fight. It's availability in non-nation stations is a plus in this regard (and could be increased) and such a purpose matches it's name more fittingly.

I suggest all this because the Marauder just seems so forgotten - with the addition of the Behemoth line of ships, it is rarely used to haul cargo and almost never as a fighter. Nor does the Raptor see much action so I've been pondering other roles for them.

UIT: Behemoth XC

I think the OP may have been leaning towards ships that may be used for combat.