It's not supposed to be a pretty ship. It's supposed to be an easily modifyable ship with a nice view outside. I had just finished the original design when Hydrogen thrusters came out. And the Flight seats were put in to experiment with what felt more natural for a control position in first person.

I started playing this map and kinda got, um, disgusted by the layout of the ship and didn't want to play it anymore. -- one control console per deck, 2 on the first deck?!? Then, 2 minutes later, I realized that what I really didn't like about it was that the front section was two squares too long... So in a bastardized creative mode, I cut the filler from the front and got the proportions closer to sane. Then using pistons, connectors, merge blocks, etc, I put the ship back together. I got it off the ground with atmo engines. I had to install what felt like several dozen O2 generators and spawn several hundred metric tons of ice to get it fueled. Then I realized that most of the thrusters were disabled, so when everything was swiched on it would actually gain some altitude. So I got it into space and started cleanning up the glass work... But man the tail on that thing is hideous. =\