Seems to be the winner for now but really all bets are off until Beta and balancing. The Sabre, Hornet Ghost and Tevarin craft should all be good performers for your needs, from a lore perspective at least.
Check out this Ironchad Q&A, it mentions the Assault has a repair bay for your vehicle/ship at the cost of tractor beams so it may e even more suitable for your needs than you may have originally thought!:
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/engineering/20006-Q-A-Drake-Ironclad
And the pool table too, i know... i do enjoy the 600i and its the same size... Gah, the deed is done I'll just have to use the Endeavour as my box runner.
C'mon then captains, damage report on your fleet from this IAE. Tell me what happened. I'll start.
So I had a Perseus and an Endeavor base ship with supercollider and landing bay. Looking more and more at the Percy it's a beaut and importantly has a pool table but those big cannons, knowing I...
Consolidation is always a good plan, i chopped an A1 and an F8 into a Perceus, yeah those were sweet solo ships but they didnt have a pool table and thats my bag now, Percy, 600i, Starlancer. Gotta have a table.
Don't doubt its on the way but went running to the RSI site and nothing, not in the pledge store yet either. No official vids on YouTube either?
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/pledge/ships?sale=true&sale=false&manufacturerId=19&sortField=name&sortDirection=asc
Any links to what ya got...