However, speaking of opinions, I have one regarding the gold recovery mission (which probably will include the beginning of retaking Attica station...)  Lord Tarsus suggests we use a shuttle to get to the core section of the station.  This is an excellent idea, and there are actually 18 shuttles available, according to the info on our starships.  May I suggest, if it's not too big, using the Gun Cutter for the mission?  There are only 2 armed shuttles available, and one of those, the Aquila Lander, only has a front mounted weapon... (although it DOES have enough cargo room to bring along 10 people, and would be my second choice, if, for some reason, the Gun Cutter would be too large to make the trip.)<br/><br/>The Gun Cutter (which happens to be aboard the Reliquary of Alexander), however, has a max capacity of 30 people (which could be handy if we want to take the gold back with us...), and, besides the forward guns, has a pair of heavy bolter turrets for gunners to use... essentially an armored assault chopper in space... the perfect vehicle for a hostile insertion.<br/><br/>Of the rest of the shuttles, 14 are lighters... which are boxy, if modestly well armored, unarmed and poorly maneuverable vehicles that can carry 12... and the last is a scout ship, which only carries the pilot and copilot and has no weapons.  We could take a lighter or two... with the Aquila Lander as escort if the Gun Cutter can't be used for some reason and we still want plenty of cargo space, of course, but it's a bit less ideal.