Honestly, I suck ass at programming But if I could program, I would do it (plus, I don't have any creative software aside from Paint.NET and a pirated copy of Adobe Illustrator).
Anyway, my idea (like I keep saying) is to just have the game respond to mouse movements as if it were an analogue stick. Move your mouse to the left, the ship will start turning left. Move it to the right, your ship will start turning right. Move it to the center, and it will stop turning. Same thing with pitch.
No, just a TRON-legacy style cosmetics. No light-trail of death. As for the veritech, it was suppossed to be a joke. Sorry for confusing you :(