Akkan strange maneuvering

I've noticed that when the Akkan battlecruiser is trying to get into position to use its Medium Autocannons, it for some reason doesn't just turn but also tips over upwards for some strange reason, this causes it to take FOREVER to actually get its guns on target (Early game I'm using 1 and 8 Cobalt's to clear early game encounters, and the Cobalt's kill everything before the Akkan even finishes lining up)

 

This can't be intended behaviour, can it? Because it basically renders the Akkan useless outside of its buff, and free economy on colonising, also not sure if any other captial does this, haven't seen the Kol or any Vasari captials do it, so I assume it's limited to the Akkan.