Sentinel-class Alien destroyer (with built-in heavy blaster):
Have the ISA heavy blasters changed a bit? Those things look like they're spewing tiny plasma bolts. Are all the blasters going to look like that? Can maybe fiddle with the weapon descriptions to reflect that.
As for the Sentinel, good gawd, I hope that does not get thrown into the Mothership fleet. *I know it will anyway* My tactic for taking down the alien mothership relies on the slow firing nature of the alien heavy blaster and being able to raise and then drop shields between volleys. Those Sentinels will totally mess that up tactic. And with alien heavy blasters, those things simply cannot be ignored like alien frigates or carriers. Frigates are often incredibly timid/too willing to blink, while carriers just don't like to press an engagement in the first place. I can only hope they're as fragile as their other non-capital alien counterparts. If so, time to load up every long ranged weapon I can find and focus them down.