If Me ... I Used A Mining Ship For Trading ( Before I Join |LC| )
700 Cargo, 6 Mining Weapon ( Already Mounted On The Ship, 1 Mining Laser ( Already Mounted On The Ship ) Also This Weapon Can Kill A Liberty Dreathnought In 1 Shoot, And Very thick Armor, And Sometimes CD ( Cruise Distruptor ) Cant Stop This Ship ---> I Already Test It In Freeport 7, And The Result : Some Of That Nomads CD'S Hit My Ship But Dont Stop the Cruse Engines :), Annd You Only need To Pay Lower Than $10.000 If You Repair Your Ship Even You Have A Very heavy Damage ( The Cost For Rapair The Weapon Is Always $1 ), And You Can Add A Power generator And Armor On It 
A Perfect Addition For Earning Money
The Only Weakness Is : Very Heavy, Have Bad Handling ( Very Hard To Turn And Do Some Manuever ), Dont Have Thrusters, 90 % You can Stuck On The Debris / Asteroids Field, Hard To Operate the Weapon ( The Mining Laser ), If You Get Caught By Some NPC's, 75 % You Cant Run From Them Because The Ship Is Very Slow Ans Dont Have Thruster ... But You Still Can Run From Them If You Have A Good Flying Skill
Good Luck On Your Trade
