Fabulpedoes. lol. As for performance issues... I'm not entirely sure yet. I'll let you guys know when I get it in game. Though i'll have to find my CD. hmm.
More aztecing done to the ventral saucer. added some decals to the engines. Some smaller bits mapped out here and there.
Also, this may be of some interest to you...
WHY THE ECLIPSE IS SO BIG (will be included as back-story with the download)(wip)
Reasons for the size of the Eclipse.
1. Extremely high warp speeds call for an incredibly large and powerful deflector. After many years of R&D, a ?dual convergence projection? deflector of sufficient power was developed in a small enough package to allow for the ship?s high warp speeds. The resulting deflector and interior hardware is still very large, necessitating a massive forward secondary hull to accommodate the device.
2. While the ship?s power generation is highly efficient, running upwards of 95%, as the ship exceeds warp speeds of warp 9.999, rapid geometric fuel consumption increases due to the ship pressing the boundaries of the 9th warp factor?s peak transitional threshold. Since the ship is able to cruise (use warp until fuel exhaustion) at a high warp speed of 9.997, the deuterium and anti-matter storage tanks aboard the ship are extremely large to give the ship extended range at these high speeds.
3. The design requirement of such high warp and cruise velocities led to the development and implementation of subspace compression technology integrated into the nacelles of the Eclipse Class starship. While at warp, large compression scoops mounted on the forward dorsal section of each nacelle actually draw in the inner layers of subspace distortion and compress them. Using high energy waveguides, the compressed subspace stress is released into pre-emission chambers within the warp field emitters which force the ship?s warp field out to greater distances around the ship, allowing for very high speeds to be reached. Subspace can be pre-compressed for rapid warp acceleration, with max safe models allowing the ship to reach warp 9.2 in less than two seconds. The size of the technology required to make the compressors viable, as well as the requirement that they be integrated with the nacelles necessitated the construction of very large engines.
More to come later.
