4.86 will see IMG only retaining the Argus battlecruiser as a new model. Probably the heaviest battlecruiser in the game, but being a cruiser, moderately useless against dreads. IMG will no longer have a Zephyr. Colonials will get their battleship though.
As for dreads Tauside... few of IMG's players, myself among them, have resorted to the use of heavy-on-the-primaries Kusari battleships. Those are, without question, the most effective battleship to battleship sluggers in the module and can generally handle 2 dreads vs 1 Kus BS (primarily due to the Kusari energy efficient primaries, and the large number of forward firing turrets this battleship has). And before people start shouting that it should not happen: Tau 23 is within KNF's ZOI, and is basically the Kusari flank. The OC Dreaddies in and of themselves created a reason for Kusari capitals to be there.:)
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