Hello, well there's nothing new on that front I know of.
We're currently having a bitof a conversation about a 4th type of ship for the Federation
that's not a carrier and as part of that I've posted an idea for this kind of ships among them
is a possible Akira.
I have no clue whether it's attractive or downright nonsense but you might want to have a look
nontheless:

http://forums.startrekonline.com/sho...=255594&page=8

(it's post #75)