It's a very powerful ship. I played a few rounds in BZ with it with the multiplier cranked up to 20. I fought 800 some-odd 1-3 level ships and won, they never even dropped my shields below 50%. When I have the time I'll see if I can make it to the BZ capital ship levels.
The Enterprise-E is the closest thing to a capital ship that StarFleet has ever built, it really should be that big
![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)
As for the merger, well, first I do want to get my Defiant ship up to Ver 1, and it looks like the SF weapons still need some tweaking...