even if we have the capability to create a ship that is as huge as a small country that can be used in space, there are so many problems to be addressed.
first gravity, without it man will decay away and working in a space ship that big will have problems going through one place to another.
second meteors,comets, without some kind of a barrier this will be an easy target.
and what your idea is a semi battleship, semi miner and that a little bit weird. if we assume that it the drill is for mining plasma ( what im referring to is pure energy matter that is in movies and sci-fi things) then the ship will have to stop the pressures of mining plasma that can destroy the ships hull and intetfere with electricity. then if this is the case then the drill will be used in outer space going to a planet/moon/asteroid/etc which it will be longer that your ship that means that the ship will maybe 10x its size and the first and second problems will be greater.
one solution i can find to gravity is to let the ship spin nonstop in intervals. which in theory can make an artificial gravity.
the second solution to metoers is to have a plasma shield. if we have plasma cannons then why we don't have any shields
the drill can be in the middle but making it in the middle will make more bigger than before.
so what i think of your idea is a little bit dissapointing. because with all that cannons and being a semi miner is a bad idea.
and if i may add, what you will drill must have a container that will contain all that mass. in theory you can put it in your fuel tanks and such, but if you are a miner you should have necessary tanks to hold what you drill to be efficient so this is bad
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