As always, an interesting set of updates, although most of it has been teased by Alex over the months. I am very excited to see the story missions, and can't wait to see what David and Alex have put together in those.
A likely unpopular opinion, but I wish the Fury never moved off its 15 DP cost and was balanced around that niche. High Tech needs its own Light Cruise and the Fury is well beyond the Falcon, in my book. Personally, there are too many 20 DP Cruisers out there vying for the same spot.
Just looking at the distribution DP costs for ships which meet a hypothetical high tech doctrine: fast, maneuverability System, shield tank, primary energy weapons:
Shrike 8 DP
Medusa 12 DP
Hyperion 15 DP
Fury 20 DP or 15 DP
Aurora 30 DP
Odyssey 45 DP
I certainly think the Fury looks better at the 20 DP in that lineup, given you've already got the Medusa at 12 DP and the Hyperion at 15 DP. I'd much rather see the Fury balanced at the 20 DP level as that looks like an easier to distinguish progression. Dropping it to 15 DP means competing in the Medusa and Hyperion space, which would feel really overcrowded to be honest. Then there's nothing in that doctrine between 15 DP to 30 DP, which feels like a pretty big gap.
There is also the problem that the Eagle and to a lesser extent the Falcon design kind of fight itself. Fury's design actually works together (and synergizes strongly with safety overrides, but that's a separate point). To get to 15 DP, you'd essentially have to make it barely stronger than a Medusa, and on par with the Hyperion, the latter of which is already a fast, shield tanking, 3 medium mount, maneuverability system using ship. For example, Medusa and Hyperion already have 600 flux dissipation max, compared to the Falcon's 700, as well as 16,667 max effective shield capacity compared to the Falcon's max capacity of 16,250.
Or in other words, the high tech doctrine simply uses high end destroyers and frigates to fill the light cruiser niche better than a midline light cruiser. Keep in mind, non-beam energy weapons (the bread and butter of a Fury) don't get as much benefit from a Dedicated Targeting Core as a ballistics ship would, so I don't see a need for a 15 DP high tech doctrine ship in the cruiser format. I'll also note, Heavy blasters will cover a multitude of sins in terms of making up for DPS with only a few mounts. If people feel the Fury isn't worth DP, then I'd rather see it buffed than drop down to the DP range of two other already existing high tech doctrine ships.