First Off…
http://starmadedock.net/content/captainzachs-light-logic-star-trek-tos-bussard-collectors.1907/
The Bussard Collector design is finished at last! (After weeks of not getting to play and then getting sidetracked, I finally did it in about an hour, most of which was replacing the lava with lights, and swapping colors. One note: this ship does not load in 0.1862 (which I am using), but it DID load in a 0.17 Dev build I still had. Lucky me I guess. Anyways, thanks for allowing me to utilize your pre-built version as a basis.)
This is a really awesome ship, despite being from an obsolete version. In addition to using the collector linked above, here are some other ideas that could bring this ship into a modern style:
To begin with, the core is in a screwed up location on the main bridge, making it easy for pirates to destroy it. It also needs Shield-Rechargers in order to be workable in newer versions. As another point (especially with rails being alluded to by Schema in one of his more recent release notes), a form of elevator system would not be very difficult to accomplish, even using current logic, and it would go a long way. A redesign of the interior would also make the ship more current, at least insofar as using it in more recent versions. The Impulse Logic would be a nice addition as well. Weapon Redesigns (which I think are part of the issue of why it won’t load in 0.18+) would go a long way, Jump Drives would also be nice, and lastly, using Antennas on the Deflector dish would give it a functional flair while retaining much of the same feel (alternatively, a form of Push Pulse or Repulsor Beams would be more canonically sound, but in SM, there are no micro-particles to push aside (yet, and let’s hope it STAYS that way)).
Still, despite its age as compared to the rest of StarMade (and the rest of your work), it is still a great ship. However, a note to downloaders: it does not work in the most recent version, and so utilizing a 0.17 version of SM will be necessary. Still, though, I look forward to downloading a new, and more compatible version of this ship in the future.
-Signed,
CAPTAINZACH (big fan of your work, by the way)