It’s already buffed with 18%+ keys droprate
Starter ship or not, all ships must be balanced that one ship shouldn’t be better than others in unqualified way, as iA said
H&C 101 is a good choice for keyrushes
In older versions of CIU H&C Spacecrafts could reach max power (20 
) but i think iA nerfed it because balancing problem (max power makes muller ships kind of useless)
H&C Current abilities are fine