I'm surprised the canosian ship isn't getting more love. It is easy to move around on and has those excellent corner gun placements. However, we tend to forget the +1 shields bonus more often than not for some reason.
My last party used a Canosian hull - and it was good for mobility,
However, it really sucks when it takes hits - a couple of lucky missile hits to the rear (and missiles always seem to hit the rear in my experience) can make a really big mess (on one occasion my players had all two engines slagged (with the resident canosian engineer rendered unconscious - and a slooooow sillicoid scientist at the other end of the ship!), one damaged (that is, all three down), as well as life support and the hyperdrive damaged - all from two missile hits,