In terms of power, I will give it type X phaser arrays on the saucer section, and Ambassador equivalent arrays on the rest of the ship. (Type IX?) The ship will also fire only five photons compared to ten on the Galaxy. Shields and hull will be pretty similar. If anything, I'll give the shields a slower recharge rate. This ship will be more maneuverable, but it's weakness is a single impulse engine, compared to the Galaxy's three.
Did some pretty serious work today...
-textured a bunch of the ventral pylons. More to do.
-detailed the ventral saucer.
-added details to the ventral engineering hull.
-textured the upper interhull connecting to the saucer.
-textured the bottoms of the warp engines.
-added more textures to the tops of the warp engines.
-added textures behind the shuttle bay
-added a sensor strip to the aft edge of the ship
I should be finished the textures tomorrow morning. Mostly just adding more detail in places and texturing a few small areas, such as the saucer sensor dome, top of the impulse engine, aux. deflector, bridge, front of the interhull, etc.