I believe the previously established answer was "reavers in smaller and faster ships" with various ways to compensate for that on the reaver side.
- Reavers would, on average, have better weaponry and combat training than civilians. Thus, it should be possible to overwhelm most ships without needing numerical superiority
- The basic Reaver Plan is to smash your way in, capture as many of the crew as can be done efficiently, killing the rest, and then fly both ships home. This can be done through a variety of means. They could disable the drive of the captured ship, latch their ship on, and haul it home. They could attach their own ship to the captured ship and threaten the crew until they got enough of an explanation how to drive the captured ship and driver her home. Worst case scenario, they grab the most valuable small stuff they can get their hands on quickly, drag along any captives, and head out, leaving the discarded ship where it is for possible later pickup by a reaver craft with more hauling power.
- It's also worth looking at who the targets are going to be. Small compact cars are a lot of hassle for what might be very little payoff unless you have some way to disable the drive from a distance, from ambush. Really, as a reaver, you want to be going after ships of decent size - generally things that aren't quite making .1c to begin with. If you're willing to overbuild the engine and work with a few engine quirks, it's not too hard to come up with someone that'll fit a pilot, a boarding team of 5 or 6, and a small, miserable hole for prisoners, and still manage to make it in a touch above that magical .1 mark.
- Reavers would, on average, have better weaponry and combat training than civilians. Thus, it should be possible to overwhelm most ships without needing numerical superiority
- The basic Reaver Plan is to smash your way in, capture as many of the crew as can be done efficiently, killing the rest, and then fly both ships home. This can be done through a variety of means. They could disable the drive of the captured ship, latch their ship on, and haul it home. They could attach their own ship to the captured ship and threaten the crew until they got enough of an explanation how to drive the captured ship and driver her home. Worst case scenario, they grab the most valuable small stuff they can get their hands on quickly, drag along any captives, and head out, leaving the discarded ship where it is for possible later pickup by a reaver craft with more hauling power.
- It's also worth looking at who the targets are going to be. Small compact cars are a lot of hassle for what might be very little payoff unless you have some way to disable the drive from a distance, from ambush. Really, as a reaver, you want to be going after ships of decent size - generally things that aren't quite making .1c to begin with. If you're willing to overbuild the engine and work with a few engine quirks, it's not too hard to come up with someone that'll fit a pilot, a boarding team of 5 or 6, and a small, miserable hole for prisoners, and still manage to make it in a touch above that magical .1 mark.