I don’t know specific details, but as a freighter, the ship would lock onto it’s cargo in that spot, so it would make sense to double as a loading dock. As it’s not really used as a freighter by any of the characters, though, it would also make sense to repurpose that area. Attaching an escape pod there would be fitting.
It doesn’t look like it can actually hold that much cargo, unless there are other decks that I haven’t seen. That would make it pretty inefficient in terms of overhead cost per unit of cargo.
I don’t know specific details, but as a freighter, the ship would lock onto it’s cargo in that spot, so it would make sense to double as a loading dock. As it’s not really used as a freighter by any of the characters, though, it would also make sense to repurpose that area. Attaching an escape pod there would be fitting.
It doesn’t look like it can actually hold that much cargo, unless there are other decks that I haven’t seen. That would make it pretty inefficient in terms of overhead cost per unit of cargo.
It doesn’t carry cargo on board (at least, not the bulk of it). It’s more like a space semi truck.
Ohh wow, that explains a LOT about the design.
Yup! The world design of SW has a lot of great details.