Pirate Falcon. Pirate Falcon. Pirate Falcon.
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Falcon (P), 4x Pilum, any other weapons, converted hangar + interceptor.
Basically an untouchable missile fountain with a cautious or timid guy in charge.
I guess you could use a Gryphon, technically, if you wanted to...
You
could, but why would you? Gryphon is not as good at burying things in Pilums.
Which is by far the most important measure of missile-worthiness.
I'd love to see a Buffalo II variant that's just a bare keel with however many many medium missile mounts is considered just barely less than indecent, and literally nothing else.
Or an Atlas II with all the guns stripped off and just a row of broadside/angled medium missiles down each flank.