I thought id try my hand at a BOP, so i started looking at them, comparing the Fleet Ning'tao(Fleet ship, T3 shipyard) to the Hegh'ta(Free/dilithium ship). It looks like stowiki mixed their stats because the fleet BOP has 7,500 less hull, about 600 less shields, and only 9 consoles. The only improvements are +1 turn rate and one extra boff ability. The free ship is clearly better than the fleet ship in every way.

Seriously?

Also, general advice on BOP flying for noobs