In the game, outside of 'canned' scenarios, players are given the choice of whatever the player wants or randomized by die.
I'd favor a third option, something like a cruising speed. First thing that popped in to my head was something like 'half maximum, minus class.'
In the vanilla nefs, this gives a slight speed gradient from class 1 to class 5, which I'd expect with smaller ships tending to be a bit faster but still near station keeping to larger ones.
Haven't played much of late, so not even based on any real experience, but hoping to get some games going in the near future.
As an aside, does anyone know of a good reference site for older Brigade Models? With images of new sculpts replacing old ones, I would still like to be able to see older forms which come up for sale time to time.
Thanks for your attention!
Doug
Edit: Also, as anyone done strategic endurance for campaigns? Straight 'ticking off petrol boxes' seems fiddly, but I'd like a look.