The stated ship dimensions, sensors, shields, engines, sixty cannon, and two-thousand-Jaffa complement show how quickly internal space disappears. Death gliders, Al'kesh bombers, transports, stores, maintenance areas, and crew facilities must all compete for the remaining volume. Landing can be strategically useful because it places a major base directly on a planet. Once grounded, however, the Ha'tak loses useful arcs to the surface and must divide the weapons that remain among several directions, reducing the firepower available against any one attacker.
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Ha'tak capacity and the cost of a landing warship
A Ha'tak must find room for weapons, personnel, stores, aircraft, and transports; its pyramid form also compromises firepower whenever it lands.