Cautela Heavylift

A staple of heavy lift merchants and orbital operations, the Cautela Heavylift is large and boxy, but easy to control in most atmospheres. The Heavylift is armed with dual torpedoes and carries 36 crew.

Cautela Heavylift versus Dragoon Cruiser
These two ships are available at the start of the game via setting your Ship priority to A. They are very similar vessels. What are the advantages to selecting the Cautela Heavylift over the Dragoon Cruiser?

Pros for Cautela Heavylift:

 * 5k credits cheaper
 * Slightly sturdier with 150 more hull points
 * Better Electronics dice pool
 * Better long-range combat capacity with an extra torpedo component

Cons for Cautela Heavylift:

 * Slightly worse jump efficiency (34 versus 31)
 * Slightly worse Ops
 * Worse Gunnery
 * Is weaker in short-range combat capacity due to lacking any autocannons
 * 10 less base fuel capacity

Conclusion:
The Heavylift has greater combat potential with higher hull points but slightly less traveling range. Otherwise this ships are identical but the starting components of the Heavylift is better geared to a long-range style of ship combat while the Dragoon is geared to short range combat.