A pirate responder is not feasible at such low warp velocities. All this choice will determine is if we can have long skinny(increased cruise) safe zones due to patrols or shorter and wider ones(increased max warp).
[X] Horizontal Axis Nacelles (+0.4 Maximum Warp Factor)
Given the role for this vessel, I think a faster sprint in a chase may be worth it. We aren't intending to operate these tremendously far from Earth.
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I copied across the thread watch list between threads, but otherwise moving posts to a new thread is easily doable