no the BoP is a VERY poor excuse for a ship for a science captain to use... lack of sci consoles for one and lack of subsystem targeting and any other sci buffs a "fed" sci ship gets, there is just simply NOT a ship on the KDF side that can take the place of a sci ship and I for one agree that there needs to be science ships available at all tiers on the KDF side.... and why not its not like the feds do not already have sci ships and approximately 70% of the cool KDF toys anyway, what could adding a few purpose built sci ships to the KDF hurt... nothing it would "gasp" give the KDF a Science ship... but wait only the feds have science ships right ??? to rebut that all I have to say is FED Carriers...