>>719108768
many spacecraft in the expanse are used in aerodynamic environments as well as vaccum so having 'aerodynamic design' makes sense.

this thing was designed for a potential war against earth so landing on the surface was also considered. since it was already designed to handle extreme acceleration and to minimize it's frontal cross section in a fight it's already an aerodynamically sound design.

as for 'ftl' in a fictional setting i dont necessarily oppose the idea but i dont like how you'd ignore the implications of it. FTL guarantees reverse-causality. a ship that receives a radio signal in such a scifi universe should be able to travel to the sending ship and arrive before the sending ship sends the signal. since most books,tv shows... almost exclusively deal with direct linear causality i dont see how you could even film/show/convey to the viewer what FTL would cause.