>>6322912
>The surviving trucks can take potshots or whatever.
In addition, since the giant missile is like half the mass of the ship, once it's fired the leftover ship would become significantly faster and more maneuverable. If it mounted with some light weapons it can act in both a point defense and a flanking role for the rest of the battle. The ships should be bigger than a strike craft and smaller than frigate, so more like a gunboat.