As a point, as listed in High Guard, Ion cannons are not available in turrets, so you already have a limiter there for most pirates. Since they need a military grade weapons mount (Barbette or Bay), only those pirates with access to military grade resources would be expected to have them (although that might be as simple as having captured a customs vessel armed with Ion Barbettes). Your Type-P, with its three triple turrets, isn't going to be equipping any. Or for that matter, a tractor beam. Those have been around since 1980, but you also almost never see pirate ships equipped with them either.
Ion Missiles are a thing, though. That's the version you'd expect most pirates to be using, though point defense can defeat those.
Ion Missiles are a thing, though. That's the version you'd expect most pirates to be using, though point defense can defeat those.
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