Silicon-class Supply Barge

Overview
The Silicon-class is a Supply Barge manufactured by Typhoon Corporation. It has decent HP and a decent Cargo bay

Advantages

 * Quite cheap for its class
 * Decent Cargo bay
 * Good HP

Disadvantages

 * Its a big target
 * Fairly slow
 * Target for pirates

Strategy

 * Try to spend as short of a time between Jumps as possible, as each second lost is a second where someone / something could ambush you
 * Only trade during peace
 * Use the Economy overview to your advantage