Currently got a design question and am wondering if anyone can offer some advice.

I am undecided whether to mount the crusher pod as it is to the base or on a plate that would sit above the wheel bulkheads. Reason being I could make a more compact drive area as well as protecting things internally better, over time I could create different weapon pods that all run off the same power source/weapon controllers that can simply click in and if the weapon for the reason fails can always be a wedge.

Just wondering the popular opinion on how feasible and effective this sort of design could be is the weapon pods were proper supported below