Disclaimer : I’m not jumping on the spaceship bandwagon, I jumped on it a long time ago and never got off…
The Assimilator’s Torch is a creature called a spline, from Stephen Baxter’s “Xeelee” and “Destiny’s Children” novel sequences. Spline evolved on an ocean planet and grew to enormous sizes, eventuallly modifying themselves (or were modified by someone else) for space flight. They “hire” themselves out as warships to anyone who wants them. They must return to their homeworld to give birth, otherwise, they are perfectly adapted to the vacuum (even growing their own hyperdrive engines internally).
http://rhysy.plexersoft.com/Spline/FrontLarge.jpg
http://rhysy.plexersoft.com/Spline/FrontLarge2.jpg
http://rhysy.plexersoft.com/Spline/BackLarge.jpg
Early stages, everything subject to change. Not happy with the way the logos intergrate onto the “hull”, but I couldn’t think of a better method. Lots more to add on : torpedo launchers, docking ports, sublight engines, etc. Crits welcome.