Size discrepancy with Starships in Halo is not new. The biggest one that was way over the top compared to this, is the Pillar of Autumn. And you can't tell me that Bungie hadn't determine the layout and size of a Halcyon Cruiser yet. They [url=http://halo.bungie.org/misc/sloftus_poaconundrum/]derived[/url] the canonical size of the Halcyon from the Pillar of Autumn's in game model based off of Stephen Loftus' analysis.