Been plaiyng this game for a while and I thought I'd stop by to tell you how cool your faction is. Love the desindova, because it's a fast& furious kind of ship with the firepower to threaten even cruisers and such. Maxing the combat skills can turn it in a real monster, thou you gotta be careful about flanking because of the narrow shield.
The nevermore is also a beast, the main gun is fun and satisfying to use, great for sniping and as a finisher, and adding double anyplasma blasters, fury torpedoes and solenoid guns turns it into a real heavy hitter.
Finally the cap ship: nice design and cool unique system, great for sniping and breaking off for venting or a get away, making up for the lack of firepower compared to vanilla cruisers, decently fast and agile by default.
They can all be turned into really self sufficient ships via the red skill tree, never felt like I need more firepower or speed, can take a bashing if needed to vent in the middle of an enemy crowd.
Looking forward to seeing this mod grow.
Also: what are those two screen shots a few pages ago? What's that thing that looks like a Nevermore? And are you planning to add a battleship?