Did it keep the point defense system, now called a remote turret? Does it have the remote turret with the gun on the rear of the ship?
TL;DRThe remote turret won't be on the Phoenix at initial release because the system didn't exist when it was scheduled, but they intend to add it in a later release.
So originally, when we started building the Phoenix, we scheduled everything out. Josh had to build all this stuff, and we did not actually have the remote turret system in the game when we started building the Phoenix. So when we planned it out, we didn't plan to build it yet, because we didn't have the system. Now that we actually have the system, we have to go back and schedule some time to actually get that made. So when it releases initially, we won't have the remote turret in there. But we're going to go back and make that at a later release.
I can verify what he said, because I was part of many conversations about that. What you see when you get in 3.3 will be missing what you're expecting in the remote turret, but we still have every intention to add it to the ship. It will be added when that remote turret system really comes online, because until that point, it's just geometry that's sitting there doing nothing anyway.