ship designs boring and too similar

[Baron Munchausen]

Lots of the non-Terran races have ships with interesting firing arcs. I like the Abiddon ships, myself. They have pretty good all-around coverage. If you really want a 'battering ram' type ship with 4 or more forward facing missile or torpedo mounts you could mod it. You can also mod weapons to use the 'heavy' mounts if you want. That's the best feature of MM's games.