That's much sturdier. I tries the particle beams again and the midsection held up almost as well as the stern this time.
UPDATE: Hanger area has been ripped out and remade on a lower section, still the same dropship amount in there but just lower not to make room for more armor, and interior at a highlighted weekspot pointed out by Technomancer.
hu intresting i see your point, where normaly it would have a outer armor plate around the hanger sides, it would still be a weekenss for the ships superstructure. IT CALLS FOR A MAJOR RE-DESIGN OF THE SHIP (grabs hammer and runs) (expect update soon)
Observe - id:2281319 (yes, I built a weapon specifically to prove my point!)
Good to see you're still making these. This one has a pretty major design flaw though. That thin section above the hangar, bridging the bow and stern, is not only weak structurally, but obviously so to any enemy. Consider either adding some sort of shield system, at least to that section, or thickening it upwards (either move the protruding section above it higher, or just fill the spce between the two)