| I like the escape pods quite a bit but they should really be perpendicular to the vertical, otherwise entering them may be strange since they appear to have a flying saucer setup. A dedicated evacuation deck may be in order so they aren't placed at odd angles. Also, since they're exposed and have to have thinner hulls than the ship they feel like they go against the general trend where it's all heavily armed and armored. Remember how on Sisko's ship, at the battle of Wolf 359 the escape pods were in the shuttlebays? They were probably in their own quick launch compartments at the back of the shuttlebays. But all they really need are maneuvering thrusters, phasers, a sensor, and a subspace transmitter.
Are the phasers on ball joints so they can fire off axis? It would be quite handy.
I like the tractor emitters and sensors. If you placed a tractor emitter where the white light is, then you would only need one and you could put the other on the tail of the ship so it can tow objects. It could also use some of those sensors pointing sideways. |