Ok so I spotted these on another thread http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o..._Array_R14.jpg and of course on DSthals twitter feed he posted a Cheyenne (I can never spell it) texture. It looks like the new texture will be similar to the Aegis and Borg shield arrays that alter the overall look of your ship.

Now I think this is a good idea(And it would look pretty cool, especially on Klingon ships), but I do hope that these texture updates to the ships are not the ones that were mentioned to be upcoming. We are still yet to receive any further updates to the current textures to make them more like the TV/Movie versions.

They need more detail, so devs if you do read this please at some point give us a proper Fed hull texture.

EDIT: The image is from DarrenKitlor's "want to know what the Devs are working on" thread.

What do you consider to be a 'proper' fed texture? Can you provide a pic so we know which one you are referencing?

of course. Here is my Galaxy class sporting hull material 2 :http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...3-18-55-22.jpg. This is the same ship I have just updated the deflector colour and the nacelles:http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/...8-20-30-30.jpg

It's not that I dont like them, its just the game is progressing very well in terms of graphical upodates and the Fed ships have still got the normal 4 textures. A while back they added a really cool Klingon skin which made the Klink ships look more like they did in TNG/DS9. I dont think they should redo these textures, they just need a bit more love.

They also mis the famous Aztec hull pattern.

Mark 14 shields? I wonder if we're going to see these in game any time soon.

You know, its entirely possible this has absolutely "nothing" to do with the new ship material pic dstahl twittered about.
For all we know this is new stuff being created for the upcomming Romulan faction.
And seeing as the Romulan faction is not showing itself anytime soon it seems to make sense that we would have access to Mk XIV gear by the time the faction is released.

That is probably true. However, that image of the Cheyeene looks very similar to the Reman ships currently ingame. I do still hope that eventually we will get some more customizeation options for our ships. For instance different decalls, more hull patterns. (Wouldnt it be cool if we had a battle damaged ship texture)

While we're at it. I want that Acid Horta.

I second that boss :p

I'm assuming that it will be the shield that changes the hull, very much like the AEGIS.

That's not even the most intriguing one.

I'm partial to the "Shard of Possibility" - it sounds like the Deck of Many Things from D&D.