While it's nice to actually see a colony ship, (and probably just shy of massive per stock ship scaling) You do need to back off on the weapons a wee bit.
For example, using the edit button in ship-maker, you could modify 4 of your 6 forward Blasters to fire a Burst of 2.
This would mean you get the firepower of 8 blasters, for the space of 4.
You could do much the same with your 8 Particle Rifles in the middle. Remove two of them, and modify the remaining 6 with a Burst of 2.
(or even three, if you truly think it needs that much firepower.)
Allso, for a colony ship, is is rather lacking in Non-Weaponized sections.
Where does it store it's food and water, it's reactors?
(no, you do not need to make a reactor looking section, just using the BSF_stock13 part will suffice for a low-effort reactor.)
The CT_sec02 and CT_sec03 parts would work well for the previously mentioned 'missing' storage sections.
Insstead of 4 point-beams, why not use say, 6 Particle Guns (NOT Particle Rifles) and a pair of Flack cannon? That way, you have a much greater chance of intercepting enemy weapons fire before it gets to your ship.
Away from weapons balancing:
Interesting use of sections, though some of your pieces have been slightly misplaced (they're a few pixels out of position).
The two Kae_sec13s you have on the nose? You might want to trade them in for another set of parts, they way they overlap looks bad.
You might want to try a BSF_stock14 as the center of the nose, with a pair of BSF_stock04 sections to bridge the gap between the stock 14 and the Kae 13s.
Nice useage of BSF_stock26, though you might want to experiment with using more smaller sections instead, that's simply one of the less appealing sections.
I'll sign off for a bit, and let the others heckle you about your color scheme. (and suggest alternatives)
Admittedly it isn't all that bad of a sceme, it's just most of us have come to hate that particular shade of green.
(the bright green of all your outer sections is the one I mean)
EDIT: Mind you, I'm not trying to say your ship is bad, just trying to show you where it could be improved, and offering a few suggestion on methods to do so.
NEARLY FORGOTTEN ADDENDUM:
Allso, where's the download of the .sb4 and .shp files so we can play with it ourselves? If you don't know how, to upload them, feel free to ask. Someone should answer you, though it may take a few hours.
(or days on occasion, as most of us have jobs, or are busy with their own projects)
Mildly sane.
