During these last few games i've played as the Federation Cruiser, a ship I usually don't play. I've found the Kestrel to be a great ship and to date, haven't had the desire to try anything else. The Federation Cruiser is a good ship and it's special Artillery Beam weapon is surprisingly good. I upgraded it a few times but plan on upgrading it fully when I play with it again.
I have finally unlocked the Stealth Cruiser which I am going to try in my next game. If anyone has any tips for using it let me know. It seems smaller than most ships but it starts with a cloaking device, which I try and get during each of game I play. One downside is it has no shields, which I am not sure how that will work out so any advice here would be appreciated.

FTL is such a great game, because it's so replayable. I've unlocked almost nothing in the game, and I still enjoy it each time I play.
I probably should look up how to unlock the various ships in the game :)
I unlocked the Engi ship, I think, the first time I saw one. So you should have that one at least. I haven't used it a lot but it's kind of fun with the slow heal.
That might be the one I've unlocked :)
I need to play it more but I have a pretty strong Kestrel bias.