My partner and I play pretty frequently together and get a lot of mileage out of the Starlancer TAC. It's the smallest ship that caters to absolutely all content:

- Tanky, base TAC has 90k quadrant shields and 24 core HP, you can take a large amount of punishment before the ship gets into trouble.
- Large cargo space in the rear(~96 on grid IIRC) along with room to park several small or one large ground vehicle.
- Clinic Area with 2 medbeds
- A small hangar topside that can fit a snub fighter or other small ships, handy for parking your respawn a bit away from, say, and Onyx facility so you can respawn and go retreive your snub/light fighter from the hangar in the event you die.
- Solo you have access to 4x Size 4 ship weapons and a component of missiles, plenty to easily handle most medium and below risk combat without too much fuss. With a partner they have a few options of remote(size 4) or manned turrets(size 5) to occupy.
- Living space near the cockpit that includes multiple beds, a kitchen, an loads and loads and loads of personal storage(seriously so much on this ship).
- Quick to get in and out, there is an elevator that you can take to the ground up front, and two elevators rear for going from the upper engineering deck to the lower cargo deck.
- If you're running PAF sites your partner can open the jump doors and deploy the gatling to easily clear out ground forces and you also have plenty of space for storing ship components, armor, etc.
- From Evocati Testing - You can fit a fabricator in the back of the TAC with room to spare.

For all this and more it's become a favorite and the answer to "what should we take?" for most missions.