Hello!
I endup having 2.5M income from countless colonies and end game looks too simple. The best ship in the game is Paragon, I have fleet of them and it is not fun to play, no one can outstand just my first 3 paragons I deploy (180 dp points) and I lose no battle against pirates, or Remnant fleets.
If you read the description it's saying: "The pinnacle of the Domain's battleship designs, though perhaps less the result of military necessity and more of the ambitions of certain senior strategic staff of the Domain Navy with considerable backing from the Tri-Tachyon corporation, among other major contractors." Which is completely untrue. It is the best ship in the game, deployment 3 of them in a battle makes you always win.
I suggest to match a description and make it peace of luxury ship, let's make it have the best weapons, best look, higheght price to build, but useless in a battle. Let's make it 150 dp to deploy.
I dunno dude, that quote pretty much says all it needs to. High tech already has a super carrier and battlecruiser, so they didn't need a battleship but they designed one anyway for money and prestige.
As for it's effect, it does pretty damn good considering it has to use energy weapons (Jack of all trades, but master of none). Paired with it's fortress shield. and the usual high tech flux advantages. it's hard to knock back without some seriously dedicated anti-shield weapons or bombers. But like all battleships it still can't out range or deal with fighter/bomber swarms.
For it's logistical cost and deployment cost, it's fairly balanced as it is. It is a ship of battle, and battle is what it does best. Better then all the rest. For the heaviest of battles where you aren't utilising a longer ranged super carrier fleet, the paragon with out-slug anything in the game. For it's cost? Possibly, as it IS very expensive. For a player with their own personal interstellar empire, sure they are cheap, but that's the reward for building one.
Ultimately you don't need the paragon, mass carriers do just as well if not better at dealing heavy damage at long range. And pirates are low hanging fruit for targets.