The one inducement to taking the capital ship offer is, of course, it's a much smaller bite to chew... and, under the control of the players, would be something we're much less likely to see go down in flames, say, then 6 smaller independently operated ships that we still have to find crews for... (although we do have a bunch of potential spacers in the cargo hold...)  That, and the need to spend a bunch of profit factor is greatly reduced (for the moment, anyway).<br/><br/>I'd say it's a case of less risk but less reward... or greater risk and greater reward... take your pick.