To answer the question about odd window placement, and I've gotten this before about the windows that wrap around the top of the hall, when I made it I figured there would be cargo in the ships itself. Two smaller cargo holds, one in the forward section and on in the aft. The big Cargo Pod in the center is meant for the most valuable equipment and can be jettisoned or drop in the atmosphere for emergency in field deployment. An Instant command center or army of vehicles dropped where you want it. So there isn't that much living space, but they need to use every square inch available to them including the roof. So the crew compartments are wrapped around the ships hall and around the secondary cargo areas.