[Slick]

How about using a small fleet with a few of your toughest hombres to escort? Make sure the fleet is fast, with minesweepers and cloak detection. When you see the baddies, you can scram; maybe even give them all an Emergency Propulsion Pod for a quick getaway. If you have to fight it out, maybe you can survive. Since you have invested the $$$ for the SM ship and are paying big bucks for maintenance, I think you should protect your investment. Also, keep the Counter Intelligence up. Nothing is worse than spending the time and resources to build an expensive SM ship only to have it stolen with a Crew Insurrection.

Slick.