If there wont be any changes in the infocard, the Spyglass was built by Liberty Navy and LSF as a deep space exploration vessel with strong firepower to up the survival chances in possible hostile territory. Then the prototype was stolen by Lane Hackers.
In the special case of the Spyglass form has to follow function.
deep space: small crew, because a small crew needs lesser supplies, which is important for long time exploration tours.
Form: Small inhabitable section, but heavily armoured. Same applies for engines. A small travelling engine for standard speed to safe fuel plus additional engines for cases of emergency.
exploration : antennas and scanners of all kinds, giant cpacity to gather a huge amount of datas and samples, all kind of equipment, scientists onboard can use including 1 or 2 shuttles/landing ships and planetary exploration equipment.
Form: Huge hangar bay with added storages, many of them external. Alot of external antenna and sensor superstructures, which are rather built fragile.
strong firepower and survivability: 16 battleship turret mounts, battleship shield, powerplant to support all, redundant back ups for main systems.
Form: turrets would be rather concentrated at a few spots on the hull, because most space will be occupied by sensors and antennas.
Its important to have all this first, before making a special model like the Spyglass. If all is done to get a model which form follows function, there might be room for design experiments.
