I bought a Python, and fitted it out as an armed trader. "Lumberjack" is now engineered appropriately for its purpose, and is a formidable little terror when interdicted by unwary pirates that have a desire to go after the biowaste that I seem to carry around a lot for the minor faction I am trying to promote! with 6A G3 dirty drives in it, it is quite skittish when docking, so I have to remember to reduce engine pips a lot!
So now, my "dodgy sneaky jobs and courier" CMIII and my "Big Jobs"* Python are in one quiet little Empire location, building rank towards the day I can get a Clipper, and I'm enjoying it. I've been doing Planetary Scan jobs in "Daffodil" my Cobra, which is highly satisfying too, and less scary than I originally anticipated.
* I should have named it "Mek Quake" perhaps..