Yeah it definitely looks like the ship might have a secondary hull from which the saucer separates for planetary landings. The Athena has been stated to be 'huge' so it is possible that this is just one part of the ship. It would make sense that a ship carrying cadets would have a saucer separation feature in the even the ship gets into a battle.Kinda looks like it's only the saucer section and the top part of the neck.
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