I got it! Remember the space station/Ring around Earth in Starship Troopers? How about making that? I mean it is "stupidly huge" but justified in that MANY cap ships (orions in equiv I would think) dock with the sucker at once... Plus many turrents along the ring to destroy the planet bombs (was that from Klendathu or Gamilon? Hehe was that supposed to be a rip off (inspiration) of starblazers?
IF I see Gortef around I'll give him a holler (thanks). I saw the "ship of light" model from BSG. I wonder how big it is?
Not exactly a ship but an idea for a background perchance? Larry Niven's RINGWORLD. (inspired HALO I believe. Also Inspired the Star Trek episode about the Dyson Sphere. A HUGE sphere that encompassed the sun and the outer edge was at Earth orbit so you had ALL that space around the sun 360 Degress to build/live on. Great idea until the sun goes bad [BOOM!])
Oooo! Tangent idea! Make a Dyson Sphere and when you get inside you find out that it is really a base! You get sucked in to exploring the insides and soon as you are a certain distance from the entrance you get ambushed!
