the alliance cruiser is made (almost) solely to counter the pact cruiser, which it does, but also has fairly good cargo and fuel capacities (like an apogee).
0.7 update: Prototype's Rejuvenescence
Added side expansion on Son of Iniquity:
You may grant the Prototype's last wish; or try to keep her alive, but if you do not meet the requirement, you will fail.
Warning: I will NOT reveal, spoil or highlight the requirement to save her... pay attention carefully. If she survives, she'll need months and more resources to be hired.
Warning 2: this new content will NOT be named at all ingame, and whatever objective you're given by her will not show up anywhere, so again, focus...
She will have her own short story for the recruitment, but her presence or absence in player fleet will not change the outcome of any existing or future main story quests.
4 new installable hullmods provided by the Prototype.
Ava Crescentia:
Sunrider's Mother: damage reduction and speed increase for fighters will also affect any Alliance/PACT/Pirate Ryder wing even if the carrier in her hands is not Sunrider, but it will not have effect on the frigate-sized Ryders if she is assigned to them.
All Savior and Cannon projectiles now glow, making them more visible in combat.
The Following Ryders:
PACT Mook, Bomber and Elite
Alliance Trooper
Pirate Grunt and Bomber
Now have a playable version in the form of frigates, with a shipsystem if the wing didn't have one, 2x hull, armor, flux capacity and 1.5x dissipation.
Note 1: Their combat stats are highly experimental.
Note 2: They are only available on their respective blueprint packages for now. Known by factions, but not sold or used yet.
New crossmod interaction:
If
Arma Armatura is also installed:
The units mentioned above will have Strikecraft hullmod;
Sunrider ship, PACT Assault Carrier and Alliance Carrier (but not its modules) will have Specialized Service Bays.
Alliance Trooper:
Rifle projectile speed reduced from 4000 to 1000.
Alliance Assault Gun: Doubled damage per hit, halved RoF.
Machiavelli's Buster, Evolved Ceran Saviors and Mining Union Cannon projectiles will now pass through fighters (if destroyed) and missiles like a Hellbore does.
Fixed a few odd codex displays.