Since some of the ships in game use particle weapons which fire a constant (ish) beam, I was thinking that it would be nice that on the target ship's destruction, the beam would break through the side of the ship before it exploded. I could definitely see this looking plausible if it happened when for example, a capital ship destroyed a frigate and maybe some cruisers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBKSM82G7I
Here is a video I've found, it wasn't what I was looking for but it's close enough.
