the Star Trek Star fleet command games (which i think are the best star trek games to ever be released) was set in the time when the phasers were pulsed.
I prefer it like that tbh rather than those single long beams.
I’ve seen a lot of cool builds by random people, many using these hollow desks with a glass top to make entirely integrated computers into their workspace.
I’d be careful, though. Unless you also happen to be an aerodynamics expert, you run the chance of building a case with catastrophic air flow. It’s not necessarily impossible, but it’s a lot of work and especially planning.