After fighting off the urge to be redundant it's time to show of some progressy type stuff.
First off, a bit of editing to the Charybdis, following Darloth's critique. It's something of a compromise between the the two concepts; I think it actually works better than either, though maybe that's just me. I keep forgetting to work on the aliasing around the edges though. Doh!
Next up, the first draft of the promised escort; the Morningstar-class frigate. Another fast moving glass cannon like it's bigger sister, the Morningstar's distinct profile informed it's name. It's highly distinctive sensor packages are sometimes used by reckless young captains to 'mace' vulnerable enemy ships.
It usually does not end well.
Now that I have an idea of what I'm going for, this came together much more easily than the Charybdis did.
-Em Ess