Jan OrszulikAs promised, better ship with considerably better equipment (more info in comments), against same strike group. Next up: I have to rework one thing and then comparison with different variant of same tier ship/eq.
Hull itself offers side armor that can soak damage without passing damage to hull's integrity. Also offers better resistance profile and some protection against Ap. Bit of misplay there, should have stayed lower to protect softer belly from ground units.