Well the numbers are in! Best ships for the cost: 8472, Worst: Federation.
and just to clarify: I sure these differences are intentional. I hope noone uses this chart to whine about making the Federation ships better. Use it to decide which race to pick based on your sytle of play. I still think the Feds are the best race although I have only played a few games.
Better image here:
StarTrekShipGraph
And by far the best way to view it since you can show only the races you want. (this requires Autodesk DWF viewer plugin)
trekshipgraph-Model.dwf
[ January 11, 2004, 14:48: Message edited by: DavidG ]