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Posted by: kippa
Actually, I think the course is longer than the ship, being 3km, when the ship is only a little over 1km, due to twists and turns.
The honeycomb design would be a reason that there wouldn't be long, pointless curving hallways and even more pointless steep ramps in the ship, because those turns and ramps would end up compromising the ships basic design, the "honeycombs".
The thing about larger equipment being replaced by smaller equipment may be true. Realistically though, they would have used the extra space for extra storage or install equipment that the ship wasn't able to have before. They might not have had time to put stuff in yet, though.