This. I use a sci captain and I fly all three types of ship depending on my mood. For starters I wasn't too impressed about the Vesta because I ran a standard sci ship setup. It was better than my other sci ships, but perhaps not enough to justify the zen I spent. Now, however, I'm starting to like this ship a lot more…
I agree, while being a good ship with a decent turn rate I find beams are better suited for it, at least if you're a science officer. Trying it yesterday, when running the aux cannons the best performance was using a tac boff in the ltc universal slot to get the most of them, and with an RCS accelerator console to improve…