User blog comment:Suparockr/List of Plotholes throughout the series/@comment-2130543-20120718205943/@comment-3325589-20120720115709

To elaborate on one of the things DIyartifact mentioned: the Normandy seems to be specced much more for taking on capital ships than fighters. It actually packs far more than the expected punch for a ship of its size: Normandy (a heavy frigate) manages to destroy a/the Collector cruiser despite being less than half its size and probably lower tech. It can even manage this without Thanix cannons, though it takes much more damage in doing so.