Guys, the Norway's a small ship, but she's not THAT small. She's actually still in the Light Cruiser size range, though on the low end for a modern cruiser. The Norway is ~534,000 cubic meters in volume, compared to the ~625,000 m^3 of the Intrepid and ~642,000 m^3 of the Steamrunner, but this is still large enough to put her into the Light Cruiser category since Starfleet's Destroyers are in the 200,000 - 300,000 m^3 range, like the Saber at 243,000 m^3 and the Freedom at ~320,000 - 350,000 m^3 (with the nacelle taking up some 280,000 m^3 of that). (Smaller frigates like the Nova are around 90,000 m^3, while 'Corvettes' like the Defiant and Oberth are <70,000 m^3 (~62,000 and 66,000, respectively (yes, at 120m, the Defiant is actually smaller than an Oberth)).
Pods make sense given her small size for a modern cruiser, that several other newer Starfleet ships have pods (Akira, New Orleans, Nebula), and the only other ship with a catamaran-style hull like the Norway's (the Akira) has a pod, though I would hesitate to say with certainty that the Norway does have a pod. Either the Norway has the ability to equip mission-specific pods, or she is a very mission-specific cruiser.
