Well . . .
It's been over a month, and I haven't been able to contact [the person I gave the mesh to].  He's not responding, so I'm looking for someone else to help me out with this.
I had a massive HD meltdown recently and lost the ability to actually play BC, so I can't test any MPE changes I make.  This is unfortunate, since I really wanted to get this ship into the game.  I have several things I wanted to accomplish with this mesh in regards to the hardpointing.  Some of it is fairly unique to Fed ships, so if anyone is looking for a short MPE job, please let me know by PM.