I subjectively feel that an intact Imperium line formation will, at standoff range, perform as well as any best-at-range-standoff faction but I will add them to my weekend's new game to see how they fare. I haven't played against them in ages but I will target them for engagement once I have the ability to do so. I want to see how well their battle line can dance once the line breaks up. Test whether Imperium does as well as their best-in-class competitors when the battle lines begin to break and one-on-ones, rushes in to burst-fire-win-or-die, special system usages, etc. start happening.
There are some "mod faction matchups" that I would pay $$ to see: pure Imperium fleet with mod loadout against Mayasuran pure fleet/loadout, etc. Could the Starlight Cabal mod faction, with it's tech and mobility, chew them up, or get ground to pieces against the Imperium-I'm-an-Eagle-Cruiser-The-Size-of-a-Faction?
And D.R. thanks very much for bringing this mod into my .96a gaming weekend!