This idea was based around using the trait "Photonic Boarding Party" which causes boarding party to be instantly transported to your target - instead of waiting for the shuttlecraft to fly to the enemy ship, something that would never work at the speed of pvp matches. Since Boarding Party 3 has the strongest impact, I started looking for ships that could use that without requiring much in the way of tactical seating so that I could use primarily control and disable abilities.
I found two ships that would serve this purpose - the Elachi Qulash Frigate and surprisingly, the Fleet Arbiter Battlecruiser - yes the same Arbiter that everyone has for the trait "Emergency Weapon Cycle." The Arbiter can do the same build this ship can, except it has one ensign tactical seat so that might be best used for a torpedo spread or tactical team - otherwise it can be done the same way as this build.
Aside from the boarding party and trait, the rest of the build is pretty standard - PLOT Armor for healing, Red Gravity Wells, and other disables like Evade Target Lock and Ionic Turbulence, plus Intel Team for more defense. It does lack a little damage that a true science build might have due to the lack of a secondary deflector, but it does have extra weapon slots and it looks awesome - so it can fit a few more set bonuses with ease and performs quite nicely.
*Also interesting, the Ferengi Nagus Marauder could also do this build, but I've never actually seen one in game so I left it off of this comparison. If anyone has one, I would LOVE to see it in PvP.
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