If it ends up canon, then it'll be Yayoi and Lisa making a quick tour of interesting places in the Main Belt while Kohran, Sora, Skuld, and Kaolla help Wiregeek and Sparky repair the Pinafore. (That's "repair", not "upgrade and outfit with weapons systems", Kohran. Sometimes it's a hospital ship.) Skuld's presence will be over a vidcom link only. Thus, Luna might not even hear about the Blackbirds until after it's too late to suggest a shrink spell.
As for portal size, note that Lisa said "the portals we open", not "the portals we can open". She's worked with reporters for long enough to know a few tricks with language...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
As for portal size, note that Lisa said "the portals we open", not "the portals we can open". She's worked with reporters for long enough to know a few tricks with language...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012