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It does look less aggressive, but the triangular pod was always associated with weapons. The Nebula fires torpedoes from there, and publications flat out call it a "weapons pod". What about replacing it with a deflector pod similar to what the Springfield has underneath its saucer?
evil_genius_180 wrote: »The ship's shaping up really nicely, Polaris 004. I like the Nebula style pod.
I like how people see the pod do one thing on camera, so that's all it does. There are forward and rear torpedo launchers in the center, those are the only weapons in the pod. The rest was always supposed to be sensors, as it was designed to replace the AWACS style pod that the Phoenix had. Though, if they'd gone with Doug Drexler's original mockup replacement pod, it would probably be associated with weapons even more:
Interesting design.
There's a couple of issues for me. Firstly, the overly long neck seems to serve no obvious purpose. Obviously, it gives internal volume, but it just looks stretched and featureless at the moment. One possibility would be to move that pod forward so that it covers that area. I think if you did some sort of ridge down the spine, it could help break up the shape and add a bit more interest to the design.
Either that, or simply shorten that long neck.
I find the 'plate' between the nacelles to be too thin and spindly looking. If you thicken this up, the rear will look a little more robust and less fragile.
And finally, I think the shape from a side-on profile is very back heavy. Again, you could consider some sort of dorsal 'spine' that runs from the centre of the saucer, back down the hull towards the rear of the ship.