What kokuten said, and even that's being generous - the Inelegant Truth can still outperform ships half its size after that change. But I don't see this as a setting-breaker.
Have you thought about how the crew might react to meeting any of the established characters? This might sharpen their characterizations...
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Have you thought about how the crew might react to meeting any of the established characters? This might sharpen their characterizations...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012