Well, I love Defenders, but I usually fly one as an ace. I want to experiment with generic Defenders, so I'm thinking of constructing:

Bounty Hunter - 33

Ion Cannon - 3 (36)

2x Delta Squadron Pilot - 30 (96)

Fletchette Cannon - 2 (100)

The goal is to have 3 tanky ships that dish out control when it gives them a joust advantage, and blast out heavy fire when they have the upper hand be it through a rear arc or a white K turn.

I'd love input on how well you think this would work, improvements, match up advice, and comments in general!

Actually I really like this. Nice idea

Hmm, I would rather see 2 ions and 1 flechette, but it doesn't fit

The problem with the flechette is there are some things it doesn't affect: turrets don't care that much, and any Push the Limit/stress 'user' (opportunist sometimes, keyan too) just laugh at your waste of points. Maybe it depends on your meta though -- if these things don't make frequent appearances, then its all good I guess. Heck even phantoms are not that worried about flechette, since they don't have much trouble shedding it---whereas ion cannons really mess them up...

You'll need to be careful about blocking your Defender's K-Turns with your higher PS Firespray. I'd imagine that a lot of times you'll bump into a situation where the best move for the Firespray this round will put it right where the Defenders will want to K-Turn the next.