Those kind of space stations have been around in SciFi paintings since at least the 50’s. I think it was a homage. But let’s be honest, a warp core breach is going to be bad no matter where you park your starship. 😉
Hah, yeah. the first thought i had when the ship was entering the docking bay was ‘what if they have to eject the warp core?’ I did think it a very pretty space station…