I was building a new ship the other day, when describing it to Carn he mentioned that i am not allowed to have fixed weapons on the ship but couldnt really explain why.
Is there a technical reason why not or is it creative choice on the server?

If its the latter, I had an idea.
As we have seen, for the most part Pirate vessals are small, quick and relativley lightly armed (Compared to the big police ships). This is kind of a meta, and makes sense for pirate ships to be small (not always), If i was a pirate i would prefer a small nimble ship that could get me out trouble quickly (think Milenium Falcon).
What do poeple think about allowing the pirate faction to use fixed weapons on CVs? now before you get your pitch forks, let me clarify.
Balance is important of course, I would suggest you would only be allowed to mount these weopons on something size class 4 or below. and if you mount them you sacrafice turret count, I would go as far as saying that these ships are exclusivley used as scout and fast attack ships and shouldnt even have constructors, med chambers, food processers or any of the usual CV luxuries, It should be a pure assault ship.(Think the Defient from Star Trek DS9)

Now I'm not saying Pirates cant have big ships but anything over size 4 has to conform to the rules and guidlines of every other ship in the galaxy. And if your still not happy with the advantage this might give the pirates, you could limit pirate ships completley to size 8 or below for example.

I think this meta would good to encourage the pirate hit and run mentality. Thoughts?