Water is very good at absorbing heat, and is very plentiful. Maybe it doubles as an emergency heatsink for shields or guns or something?

And does it really need all that water? Maybe, maybe they are "water tanks" but don't actually HOLD water... But something else instead!

Water is very good at absorbing heat, and is very plentiful. Maybe it doubles as an emergency heatsink for shields or guns or something?

And does it really need all that water? Maybe, maybe they are "water tanks" but don't actually HOLD water... But something else instead!

Krill for when Ackbar comes aboard.

You thought I was joking about the special sauce.