I was skimming the manual and noticed that the equipment page under Your Character (here, for lazy people) still uses the Wraith and old EC-88 ships. Could/should these be updated?

There is still one station that dispenses wraiths- Orion iirc. Also, isn't the EC88 the ship that becomes available with x number of bus kills?

Edit: I will concede though that the description of the promethius is completely out of line with its useful function. I mean a bomber / transport? Maybe the original intent. Not the reality.

And the UIT Maurader. Advanced Transport with excellent cargo capacity? Not since the centaur or behemoth. These days I only see its cousin the Corvus Maurader used as a pvp platform.

The hornet:Heavy Attack Ship, powerful and well-equipped for weapon support. Right. Utterly useless except as a rail platform or maybe quad sunnies. Particularly vulnerable to flares, this ship is a death trap.

Missing Behemoth, which pretty much dates when this was written up. :p

"Also, isn't the EC88 the ship that becomes available with x number of bus kills?"

Nope, you're confusing it with the EC-107, which you get by killing 50 players with a bus. Looks the same as the standard EC-89, but has two weapon ports and increased maneuverability.

The old EC-88, which looks like a space-bus, is unlocked by the orun processor core mission tree.