Hmmm ... this is starting to sound like an expensive refit. Refitting an AHL is one thing, but are these suggested mods cost effective? And who's paying for it?
If this were me I'd remove the spinal mount weapon (leaving the tube intact but plated off) and 50-75% of the secondary weapons, replace the fighters with training variants of the RF-128/2 (someone said RF-128T but I haven't seen a canon reference to this variant), ... and rather than add a bunch of cutters I'd use the 'gunboats' and fuel shuttles already installed (but I'd disarm the gunboats for extra seats and/or cargo capacity). IIRC the fuel shuttles have 15 seats in their standard configuration and can be reconfigured with long-term accommodation in the fuel area if need be. Without checking the figures I'd guess that recycling the spinal mount would cover the cost of the refit, and so you get your school ship for just the cost of the original AHL's write-off value.
Regards PLST
If this were me I'd remove the spinal mount weapon (leaving the tube intact but plated off) and 50-75% of the secondary weapons, replace the fighters with training variants of the RF-128/2 (someone said RF-128T but I haven't seen a canon reference to this variant), ... and rather than add a bunch of cutters I'd use the 'gunboats' and fuel shuttles already installed (but I'd disarm the gunboats for extra seats and/or cargo capacity). IIRC the fuel shuttles have 15 seats in their standard configuration and can be reconfigured with long-term accommodation in the fuel area if need be. Without checking the figures I'd guess that recycling the spinal mount would cover the cost of the refit, and so you get your school ship for just the cost of the original AHL's write-off value.
Regards PLST