Important Starship Questions.

Question

Do you think Starships should have the bubble shield,or the shield that encompasses the hull? Also do you think that the M.A.C Gun (Magnetic Accelerator Cannon)would be a good Starship weapon? And last, do you think the hanger should be inside the ship,or should they be in hanger pods on the sides of the ship?

Answer 1

Your FIRST quesdtion needs to be:

How do I best protect the life support systems insdie the ship?  How do I carry enough air, food, and water for all the men and women who will be operating the hangers and MACs and shields and pods.

Without these poeple, you don't even NEED the ship . . . .

Answer 2

More important starship question:

How are you going to get the energy, and how are you going to apply it

to get the thing moving at any useful speed?

Answer 3

You could indeed have a star ship without people.  Consider that Voyager 1, 2, and Pioneer 10 are headed out of the solar system to interstellar space right now. And such a ship might be the cheapest and most reliable way to infect the galaxy with Earth life.

At the moment, we have no need for weapons on our space craft.