Star Trek game firing arcs

I'm trying to help with the fan game The Neutral Zone 2, it's a Star Trek game. http://tnz2.cateia.com/index.php
I have a big problem with how the firing arcs and torpedo counts are turning out. It looks like they are going to be arbitrarily limited in arc and number respectively.

The new graphics guy came up with this for the firing arcs.
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8632/galaxyfof015td.gif (http://imageshack.us/)

I don't mind it split into five sections each with its own firing point, I'm not programing the game and I think it would probably take a long time, if not be impossible, to program a proper phaser array with infinite firing points along an arc and for it to break into smaller arrays when damaged significantly. What I didn't like was the idea of the individual sections working like individual array. I ended up describing the arcs as being able to maintain fire outside of their targeting section and the art guy came up with this.
http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/2249/galaxypst017rt.gif (http://imageshack.us/)

It's fine, except it still has the arbitrary firing angle limit toward the rear and secondary arrays. If you were to follow the firing plan to its logical conclusion in the use of the tangent, then the two rear most firing points and secondary arrays, should be able to fire straight back and at 180 degrees, respectively.

I want the arcs to be able to have as much coverage as possible. This example doesn't have have the torpedo launchers, I want the forward and rear ones to be able to hold 10 torpedoes each and firing them all at once. I also want all ships with bottom arrays to be able to use them, even though they will be hidden in this 2D game.
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/4143/galaxyarrays031oi.gif (http://imageshack.us/)

It's basically decided I think that only one beam will fire at a time.

His argument against my scheme is that it's too complicated, that it will confuse players, since with mine the tail arrays can narrowly fire fowrard, and various other things such as ten torpedoes from a single tube being too many from an artistic viewpoint and from a gameplay viewpoint. However I don't see it at all, it just looks right to me and is consistent with the way things work, or at least should work. One last thing, I think the Akira should have ten forward torpedo tubes, with two torpedo tubes on port and starboard, and eight more at aft in a fan pattern, each holding four torpedoes. What do you think about that?

So, from the basis of game play, which firing arcs do you think are better and most importantly, why do you think that?