The issue as I see it is your not high enough to max the cube, I have seen a few videos from 61+ plus players where they use the cube extensively up until that point everyone says it's lower power than their best ship - which is the way scope advertised the cube. It isn't supposed to be your main ship but a ship you can use along side your main. For me it does exactly what it was described as and gives you some good researches while not costing much to tier up. Personally I put it in the same bracket as the Vidar as something you need to be tiering up as you go and doing the research as they become available.
Cube isn't good until tier 13+, still the faction ships of equal ops/power are better, scopely and their content creators shills billed ship as the best ship in your fleet, even they have come off those statements. Mine didn't become usefully until tier 15
The issue as I see it is your not high enough to max the cube, I have seen a few videos from 61+ plus players where they use the cube extensively up until that point everyone says it's lower power than their best ship - which is the way scope advertised the cube. It isn't supposed to be your main ship but a ship you can use along side your main. For me it does exactly what it was described as and gives you some good researches while not costing much to tier up.
Personally I put it in the same bracket as the Vidar as something you need to be tiering up as you go and doing the research as they become available.
Cube isn't good until tier 13+, still the faction ships of equal ops/power are better, scopely and their content creators shills billed ship as the best ship in your fleet, even they have come off those statements. Mine didn't become usefully until tier 15