I've added a number of things to the scout ship. The most notable is probably the bridge cupola, inspired by the cupola on the International Space Station. The bridge of this ship will be half-immersed in the ship's hull. The cupola does not represent the full height of the bridge.
Another important addition is the weapon system - an antimatter plasma cannon on each side of the forward hull. These cannons accelerate anti-hydrogen plasma with magnetic fields in a way similar to a particle accelerator to 50,000 metres per second. The bursts are extremely tenuous so that the plasma doesn't disperse too quickly, and also because very little antimatter is needed to do serious damage, and as a result the plasma bursts are fairly dim. To combat recoil, each cannon has a pair of RCS thrusters that fire simultaneously with the cannon, opposite the direction the cannon is firing.
The sphere is a placeholder for the reactor
I'm holding off on modelling the hull until I have all the external systems modeled. This will be a while, as remaining systems involve truly fictional technologies, such as the warp drive, and various shield systems, and will therefore be harder to make look realistic. I've started modelling the internal structure to give me an idea of how the hull will be laid out, and I've started planning out the RCS systems.
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