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This ship doesn't just need weapons, it needs range to exploit its excellent speed's usefulness.  There's no point in having the speed when you have to go as slow as the oiler that would accompany you to refuel you half way across the atlantic.  But of course, that means building a larger ship that is actually a frigate.  This is the painful truth of having to modify a ship that was built around a drastically different vision.  I say, dump the freedom class, which is a little cheaper but a tons less capable, and invest that money into modifying the more capable independence class that not only will have decent weapons but range required to be tactically relevant.