Finally purchased a Rail Cannon, no capital ship is safe 😈

[TraderDan]

Holy jeebus that Rail Cannon packs a punch! I really liked the debris field created after the explosion but I kinda wanted to add a little more punch to the explosion, way back in the "before time" I played Wing Commander III on the 'ol Panasonic 3DO and capital ships had a pretty epic explosion with a blinding flash and scalable FMV integrated into the explosion animation.

What kind of customization options are available?

I guess destructible portions of the cap ships are probably out of the question like blowing off a warp engine or punching a hole into the saucer section?

[Vice]

Correct, those elements are relatively fixed. The closer you are though, the brighter the effect can be in terms of how much light is cast across structures from the blast. There is also some randomness to the blast wave and explosion/flash placements and scaling.