I think those ships would do wonders to allow more ship choices on the game, specially the KDF side. They are already in game, so just minor adjustments. And we can use them. It will help out on how KDF don't hardly get any new ships. Even one of those I could consider buying one.

If you look at the non-playable of the other races in the KDF We don't really need Klingon type ships. Use the other races that is in KDF. There is plenty to use from that.

They'll have to pry my Qin from my cold, dead hands.

It's not ridiculous that a fed escort can survive longer, it ~is~ an escort, it has more hull, more shields than a bop. Expecting to survive every encounter with a bop IS ridiculous, asking for a bop that can survive every encounter is not just ridiculous it's also ludicrous, and asking for it to be buffed is, I'm sorry to say, pure lunacy.

To me, from a tactical perspective, bops are pretty much bang on the money, a highly agile ship like a fighter, capable of delivering devastating amounts of damage in a very small time frame, and disappearing out of sight/weapons range to set up for the next attack, whilst at the same time not able to withstand an attack from either the target, or the targets allies.

All players know a bop is a soft, high dmg target, and there fore, it will be targeted and attacked until it's dead and not a threat. If you don't like that fact, go back to the shipyard and buy yourself a raptor or a battle cruiser. Just stop asking for something to be changed because 1 aspect of it doesn't fit your ideal of what it should be.

A bird of prey itself is something I'm proud of Cryptic for doing and is the main reason I like to play the KDF for the most part. It's not a weak ship by any means its a ship to best be explained is a ship that redefines how good of a player you are when it comes to piloting and combat skill. While true its hull and shields are not that of an escort and definately not that of a battle cruiser its true function is what its name is a bird of prey it goes in for a kill, kills as much as it can within 20 seconds and then you recloak.

Just some pointers to point out most of any damage you will take during the recloaking integration is kinetic damage using most any skill will help with keeping you alive during that transition the 2 skills in particular are the evasive manuevars and brace for impact... they will give defense and the other kinetic damage resistance. The main purpose tho is a sneak attack get just close enough behind the target where they cant see you while cloaked and then decloak and open fire. The b'rels advantage is that it can prebuff a lot of skills other buffs have greyed out while cloaked. Although there are still many bugs that hinder using the b'rel I still enjoy it.

First they need to make the raptors actually on par with the Fed escorts. Then it might be worth flying 'em around in PVP. Until then, I'd just get ripped to pieces by any competent escort pilot (believe me, I've given it a try), due to the several flaws in the raptor design. At this point in time, raptors are only really effective in PVE and whenever you're fighting someone incompetent in PVP.

^^ +1
I get that special feeling feeling when crushing an enemy with a ship that he can see, don't know if I'm the kinda guy who prefers to hide behind a cloak while knifing my opponent in the back.

...Got that feeling the first time I killed a bug.

Rally us common KDFers, Roach ... I'll pass out the pitch forks and torches as we hold a good ole fashion KDF pep rally.

Seriously ... It is good to rally us together behind the cause of more KDF content ... period.

This^^^. The Raptor only falls short in its turn pivot. Takes way too long for that nose to travel to target.
All Escorts out turn it and even the Armitage can out turn it.
Thats sad and needs to be addresed, or they can make the Raptor the first 5/2 weapons set up to compensate.
Until one other or the other is done, the KDF has a subpar version of an escort compared to every other escort in game.

OP, you're absolutely right! Let's see these exciting NPC ships become playable.