I wouldn't have a problem with playing against this ship. I would, however, never use it myself. Both are for the same reason - it's a pretty terrible ship.
Look at it like that: if you fail Ld, it does nothing. It's completely reliant on reloading. To make it even better - it can never brace for impact. Because if it does, it, again, does nothing. Direct some firepower at it, and it either falls apart due to not being able to brace [even with 3 shields it's easy to cripple 5+ armour unbraced vessel. One large salvo of eldar torpedos that manages hit it, for instance], or braces and is completely harmless.
Every carrier needs some normal weapons. Tau Explorer and Nemesis Fleet Carrier have normal weapons, and they're closest to pure carriers this game has.
So, in my opinion, it still needs some work, due to being too weak...