What if the internal structure of the disk was spinning and producing artificial gravity through centripetal force? What if the disk shape wasn’t just aesthetic but had a practical purpose. This is often the main hull of the vessel, with some designs like the Miranda, NX, and Faraday class having no secondary-hull at all.
In the Star Trek universe, almost all of the Federation’s capital ships have one universal feature, the ‘Saucer Section’.
