The model looks absolutely stunning, but I must admit I am not exactly wowed by the game play. My biggest problem with this craft is how difficult it is to use offensively. By far the most effective means I have found is simply to use it as a battering ram, but because of the annoyingly low shields it cant keep that up for long. The other way is to use the jam action to stress enemy ships and then use the slicer tools to deal damage to stressed ships, but this is annoyingly complicated. Probably the best option for comparison is the imperial assault carrier, witch has a hard point and the nifty effect of actually being able to carry fighters. I suppose the trade off is it is considerably cheaper but if you equip the combat retrofit it cost the same as the imperial carrier. It looks really cool but for me its just been a glorified battering ram.