Hello travelers, I’m quite new to the game (only 40-50 hours) and still constantly searching for tips and tricks here, and I see lots of talk about S class ships.

Thanks to an anonymous Santa, Units are no object to me, as someone randomly dropped 1 billion unit’s worth of cargo on me at the anomoly. So I wanted to look into ships. I really like the look and design of solar ships, but unsure how to find one in S class. I’ve seen that they usually only spawn in pirate systems, but S class ships that span in pirate systems have bad stats (?) I am unsure

I have stumbled into an S class exotic through pure luck, that I have lovingly named the Canary, but I also found this delightfully pink C class solar ship.

Again, units are no object to me, and I really like the Pink solar ship. Should I just grind for nanites (by selling and scrapping ships) to upgrade this pink solar ship to S class? Would it be more difficult to find a pink S class solar ship in the wild? Are the better stats worth it to find the be rather then upgrade?

Tldr: while I have an Excellent little bird of a ship, the little girl in my head REALLY WANTS the pretty pink ship. Should I upgrade it to S class or try and find an S class in the wild- and is there a preferred way of doing so. Thanks in advance!