[Wardad]

Special weapons make it hard to defend smaller ships. Defending against boarding parties, ion dispersers, seekers, fighters, shield depleters, all compete for room with the weapons. A well defended small ship will not have enough fire power.


The larger ships have less overhead then an equal tonnage of smaller ships, because of the bridge (or Master Computer), engines.

Typical componants like Combat Sensors, ECM, Stealth Armor (defense bonus), Scattering Armor (defense bonus), fuel storage (engine damage reserve), Shields, Self Destruct, Security Stations, Solar Sail, and PD add important benifits.
The larger ships are more cost effective by spreading these benefits over a larger tonnage of weapons.

The mounts make the larger ships an even better deal by increasing the firepower per ton of weapons. More bang for the buck. More damage resistance for the buck.