This seems to completely miss the point of the Starship architecture. With orbital refueling, staging as discussed in the article, or a smaller Starship isn't s

This seems to completely miss the point of the Starship architecture. With orbital refueling, staging as discussed in the article, or a smaller Starship isn't something that would provide a big savings anyway. Big Starship or small Starship, you get the same Delta-V assuming both are fully fueled. In fact, you'd probably get more Delta-V out of a large Starship since you might be able to get a better mass fraction.