I'm finding more and more new players who don't understand what the stats of their ships mean. Heck, I think I still don't fully understand how spin torque works on these ships. Just a brief description somewhere to inform new players how each stat affects their ship could be helpful.

Yeah, sounds good!

Perhaps in the training mission. Alternatively, on this website, in the Manual... wait, it should be there already!

I noticed the Manual is out-of-date. Perhaps the Player Contribution Corps (comprised of...?) can write and submit a draft that would only need to be notorized by the devs. They have alot on their plate as of yet. Actually, they will probably revise it after the faction system changes, so ignore this suggestion.