cute, and up until the force thing, very accurate. Ship to ship the Federation would drill the Empire hands down. plus, if Picard hadnt answered that Com, nothing would have happened so after a few losses, protocol would have been to shoot first and ask questions later
im not sure if i would choose an older style battleship (i.e. yamamoto or bismarck) or a modern day cruiser... (most navies decomissioned their battleships because guns are obsolete compared to missiles etc) i mean, a harpoon anti-ship missile is more accurate and outranges even a 16 or 19 inch cannon so...
also, there is more armor on a modern day ship, as well as point defense cannons that could deal with incoming fire...
Read a book called "Weapons of Choice: World War 2.5"
i cant remember who wrote it, but its very interesting, its about an international naval fleet from about 100 years in the future that gets accidentally sent back in time to just before the battle of midway
the technology in that book is quite impressive