I think so long as we get the schematics down tight, the independent contractors can get the actual nuts-and-bolts-laws-of-thermodynamics stuff straight.
Well, in Return of the Jedi, when the Falcon and its group flew into the station’s core, we could see that indeed a massive internal cavity existed.
Perhaps absorbing waste heat was one of the Emperor’s secret Sith powers.
Massive in comparison to the Falcon, not massive in comparison to the size of the entire Death Star. Using the size of the Falcon as a constant, I would expect that the reactor cavity is a negligible portion of the entire volume of the station.
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Jeez, and I thought I was a nerd for even thinking of it.
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What about that massive tunnel system the ships flew through?