Ara Winter I seem to remember those triangular scout ships being unarmed but like literally everyone upgraded them, just as soon as they could scrape together the money and could reach a low-law world.

But like…surely that stuff is pretty visible to any kind of futuristic sensor without taking a lot of time and money to hide it, i.e. a James Bond car.

I’m pretty sure if some sovereign state nutjob decided the only way to defend himself against the tyranny of traffic cops was a .50 cal on the roof, The Authorities would have a word with him the moment he was spotted on a freeway somewhere.