I'd be likely to consider it one ship with multiple loadouts. It's similar to the Universal BOFF load outs that a lot of the KDF ships have, however, there is a very legitimate/fair point that the Kumari [and Odyssey + Vesta] don't quite fit into that mold because of moving a console around as well.

I can definitely see the case for considering it 3 ships, but I personally feel it to be 1 ship [that you buy 3 times! ].

So you say, use jump-console to kill andorians ??

Very neat touch, I think. I look forward to the changes, and perhaps more to come.

This isn't a ship, it's a joke.

Then you're lacking in knowledge of other people or devoid of imagination. Or is this you trying to prove how superior you think you are? It's about new and interesting abilities to play with.

Good for you.

The last time I checked only the KDF BOP had all universal Boff setups and it paid for them by giving up hull points and also loosing one Boff station.

Sci ship are not the strenght of the KDF. Klingon dislike scientists. So yeah, feds will always have better sci ship than KDF. Seems right.
However, KDF have better carriers.
Just compare :
Vo'quv
And MU Vo'quv
with Atrox
Don't forget to include the pets. Also, don't forget 1 of them is free, the other one cost some EC, while the third one need 2500zen.

KDF also have raiders ship, with full universal BOFF slot and battlecloak. I wish I could compare with something the feds have, but I can't, there are no feds raiders.

I agree the KDF have less ships. And they need more. And I agree the KDF need a kumari like ship somewhere in the future. But they still have some awesome ship the feds simply doesn't have. It's only fair to have awesome ship in the feds that KDF doesn't have, and I hope the vesta will always be fed only.

Squishy? What would Hegh'ta and B'rel Retrofit be then? 8k and 11k less hull and 0.1 smaller shield modifier. Paper small-bore?

I wonder how it compares to Gurumba lance because it too has long setup time, long activation, long cooldown and you can't even shoot for few seconds after using it. Not that it matters really. The only thing I miss from the KDF side is the uniqueness of Kar'Fi.

Hegh'ta and B'rel are raiders. They are meant to be squishy. Both have battle cloack, and full universal BOFF. The battlecloack add more survability, while the BOFF can be used for some tanking skill.
The Kumari is the ship closest to a raider the fed have, but without universal BOFF and without cloack.

Actually, the Kumari's basically the best Raptor in the game (replacing the Pegh'u)-or would be, if it were KDF instead of Fed.

"Raider" classes pretty much require TURN RATE (which the Kumari is low-average for escorts in) and speed-where it is also raptor-average in.

a lot of Feds are already begging (and surprise! Geko responds!!) for a buff for a ship that, if it were on the Red side, would be insanely popular as-it-is, without the special consoles. Think about it-it's the third 5-tac-console ship fedside, and OUR only 5-tac ship is the expensive garbage-scow Bortascrew, a ship that can't make use of it's firepower under any but the most scripted conditions. (IOW, useless outside of FE's and ISE.)

It almost seems like you folks have no appreciation for what a great ride you got-probably from being spoiled by high-shield/hull tanky escorts and really good science ships-the Andorian 3-pack is well-crafted stat-wise, and remarkably well-balanced for a Bugship Killer design. I know, I know, you don't think it's well designed, but maybe if you spent time running KDF side in KDF ships, you'd come to the realization of just how GOOD the Andorian 3-pack really IS.

Not that I'd buy anything like it myself-I like Raiders/BoPs to the point that even Raptors just don't have enough turnrate or speed to keep me interested, and even the oft-whined-over KDF BC's are too slow (running from "Too slow" to "OMG GET OUT AN' PUSH!!!") for my tastes.

but it IS a good ship as it sits right now.

all three versions.