[Baron Munchausen]

The Terran ships have too narrow a range of firing arcs. Once you get behind a Terran ship it can be too easy to pound on them. Granted, the AI is too dumb to exploit this so it doesn't matter in a single-player game. But if SF ever becomes multi-player this will matter.

I like the Abbidon ships, especially the battleship, becauce they have much wider arcs including directly rear-facing mounts. I like being able to swoop down on someone, fire on approach and then fire again after they pass. I also like to be able to fight many ships at once with the 'Y' key (switch target). Fire forward weapons at cruiser in your face, hit 'Y' a few times till some destroyer behind you is selected, fire rear weapons while the forward weapons are recharging, hit 'Y' a few more times to reselect forward target. What's really deadly of course is putting maneuvering thrusters on an Abbidon ship so it can whirl around and use all its weapons quickly in any direction.