Venom: Yeah I can see what you mean now. From the looks of it, you had a specialized faction in mind; an actual mining/scavenging group. I think we're thinking of just broad, grundge pirates, rogues, baddies, and criminals with the theme being what I just said, but no real specific designs. Personally, I'm thankful for either, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't like the 2nd one better.
As for the actual model, it does look like a mining fighter, but not really anything that could really be used in a combat situation. Meaning, it looks like it could be used, but not in the same sense as say, a loki for a pirate/whatever ship.