You know, unless anyone else objects, I am going to simply replace the "Armoured Prow" with a "Reinforced Prow", which is really just a half strength version of the Armoured Prow which takes up one less space.  It will maintain the classic Imperial lines of the ship while still allowing a forward mounted Lance Battery, and is the smallest change from the original design... and this IS a refitted Imperial Cruiser, after all, not one we had commissioned from scratch.  From the start, when "outfitting" it, I tried to maintain that idea rather that go with a radical idea of my own... so I would like to avoid any changes that would seriously undermine the Ship's origins.  Imperial Ships have big ramming prows... so the Everest will have one as well... and without sacrificing our long range lances.  Is that cool?<br/><br/>I can actually see how it might have happened... damage during the battle weakened the Adamanitine plate at the front if the ship, actually destroying a large portion of it... and rather then rip it off, the engineering crews used some of the bracing material from inside the hull to repair the damage, weakening it somewhat, but leaving a bit more space, allowing a forward turret to be installed... and saving themselves the expense and labor of fully replacing it...