I would have to agree, the AI issues iv had isn't generally being able to hit them its their massive speed, maneuverability, shield strength, and abilty to do many different types of attacks that humans would be hard pressed to accomplish. All things being equal they should have a random E to A rated ship like us, perhaps a small upgrade once in a while, a small % of spawn numbers so you get that very rare holy crap scenereo. thus far every ship iv been interdicted by is over 100% A rated. iv died on every occasion..i lied I did take a sidewinder in my A rated fer de lance with 1007 shields. he got me near death though...my 1007 shields lasted approx. 17 secs. I was chaffing, 3 pips to shields, AMS for missiles. and was juking hard. little was faster than me too. not sure how that's possible.