i feel like there is some kind of moral obligation to spinal mount a ship like this, though i freely admit the spinal is more efficient on a ship which can control the range. otoh 4800 kkps isnt really "bargelike" slowness, idk ymmv.
are you sure that armoring a turret increases survivability more than the same volume of armor just on the surface of the ship? even more than surface armor, turret armor presents the risk of not coming into play until after the ship has been badly impaired by enemy fire.
Well, against the enemies im fighting right now, the armour is probably better, but against higher damage enemies, it soaks up a lot, a decently srmoured turret can have more htk than the engine for example. It also keeps the guns firing, and can help prevent chain detonations in case the reactors get taken down. Its not really optimized, it just happened to work better than expected, so I decided to post it here.