@ StarGibbons: Aside from Onslaught, buy them cheaper is not an option because they are NOT available most of the time. Without commission I only have access to two indie military markets, and Nortia is not big enough to sell Astral. In addition, they require cooperative relations, which I did not have until I started grinding bounties after I hit the level cap. I kept seeing that Onslaught for sale that I could not buy due to lack of relations. By the time I could buy one (due to relations), I recovered four Onslaughts, plus one Onslaught XIV. There was no need to buy an Onslaught, but to wait for rarer ships. The four Onslaughts have disposable weapons so if I lose one in battle, fine. The Onslaught XIV will be restored one day and be given rare stuff. If that dies, it is a game reload moment.
I found a Conquest at Nortia the other day, and I bought that, since that seems to be a rare ship few fleets use.
Tempest is definitely one of those ships that are rare in shops, but common in enemy fleets that favor high-tech. I recovered about six Tempests. I never found that many for sale in a single game ever. It costs over 100k to restore, but since they are glass cannons, I leave them damaged because I do not want to pay another 100k to restore if one dies.
Legion seems one of those ships that are hard to find for sale (except maybe for Hegemony commissioned players), but one everyone uses. Even the pirate faction use Legion as their capital ship. I recovered three or four too. I would like one undamaged. I could restore one, but I am waiting for one to be offered for sale at the indie markets. I am still waiting.
Also still waiting for Paragon to appear in indie market. I am definitely waiting for Odyssey to appear for sale... or in another bounty fleet.
And no, I will not clean out shops for force restocks (which I cannot afford to do now). Not when there is recovery and restoration.