Polaris Heavy Cruisers are nice, but they're expensive...and also, the fighters tend to die quite quickly under heavy fire. My advice: save up 100M and buy a Proxima Battlecruiser. You can find the mission by having a high battle rating and going into the Talaria/Andwafa systems and landing, taking off, etc. until you find a disabled Bird-of-Prey. Board it, and some pirates will jump into the system - the mission string starts once you board it. Dispose of the pirates, and go to Proxima - in the upper right hand section of the map, in the "crescent."
Once you finish the Polaris string(s), you can buy the Black Lightning. Find an Alien Ship, disable it with two shots from the sucker, and board it. Sometimes, you may be lucky enough to catch one, in which case you will have godly power. I was able to disable and board an Alien Marauder, which is undoubtedly the most powerful ship in the plug-in.
The Panther Interdictor is a nice ship for the price. However, by that stage in the game you should have a better ship. If not, it sure packs a punch...but remember, those pirates which you'll blow up later in the mission strings will have four Condors fighting against you...in which case our little ship will be screwed. Royally screwed.
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