I already use the Tico's as my "Mars" class, which is one of the leading reasons I want something different this time around.
I'm not following. My suggestion would make her less like a Tico. Yours make her more like one.
Additionally it'll give you more useful space in your hangar, put the goal keeper on the centreline (With the associated better firing arcs), saves weight (No need to build a deck house aft), and a host of other reasons.
Oh and having directors side by side is a bad idea. Twice the weight and cost of a single with only minimal increase in performance.
And like I said, your ship is all straight lines and flat side, so the round funnels really looks off.
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