Need some opinions on lighting effects

[Reiko]

Often in star trek you see a spotlight illuminating sections of the hull with the ship's name and registry. I've been having trouble recreating that look and could use some advice.

Here is what I have done so far.






The problems I'm having is aligning the spotlight properly and not have it overexpose the sections of the hull it's closer to.

[Johaen]

The second picture looks neat. The first one, I question whether the light should be visible at all. Star light is usually pretty bright. Much brighter than any spotlight.

[Reiko]

This is a texture effect. I can't have it not work in sunlight.