Base Eradicator has AAF. Pirate Eradicator is the one that has Burn Drive.
Right. Mea culpa
Sure, but its 135 forward and only forward. And that is a significant issue.
Yeah. But it still is speed. Moreso than manoeuvring jets, which is manouvre, not speed.
Maneuvering jets also set your maximum acceleration to be the same in all directions iirc. Or gives a boost enough such that that is functionally the case that your rear acceleration is similar to forward. This is a significant effect in the ability to avoid fire and back away even if its probabilistic with regards to it going off when necessary for the AI.
Yeah, those are all true, but they're not speed. I'm not saying maneuvering jets are bad because they're great, but they aren't speed, flux dissipation, post modern architecture, or 1420 AD London poetry
So its entirely incorrect to say that the pirate eradicator has a speed of 135. Its not equivalent to the Eagles speed of ~75 in this manner.
Its entirely correct. Manoeuvring jets are less about speed than manoeuvre, and burn drive is about speed, at the cost of manouvre . If you accept MJ as a speed increase then you may not dismiss BD, because it's doubly as valid.