Doing Starbase 234 as a Federation officer, I see the "excercise" taking out Federation ships in a very pleasant way. I wish that would be what happens to player ships, too... instead of exploding... exploding could happen when you select to respawn in the same way as you do in ground combat.

Edit: Actually, that was more of a general request, haven't tested it in that mission. But in that mission, it would be especially nice, too, of course.