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>First, there was the ever present Borg threat=20
and if history is any indicator, give a=20 military or political
organization a=20 terrible threat to their existence and they=20 will plow
tons of resources into building=20 the most extravagant and elaborate
weapons system they can come up with.
However, I think that in canon it was becoming clear that in warfare,
Starfleet was starting to favour small, overpowered and heavily-armed ships
like the Defiant class as warships. A fleet of these, small, manoeuvrable,
with minimal crew, would be more effective than a single larger ship with
the same number of crew and weapons placements. Besides, if you lose the
one big ship, you lose everything, but it is less likely that the small
fleet will be taken out all at once.
Large ships like the Oceana class might have the impression of strenght in
their size, but it's a false impression. Large ships do have their role,
though. In Steve-Trek, there are some large ships as well (the Odonans'
Matrix-class ships, for one), but these ships are intentionally kept out of
harm's way because they are large ships and make big targets, and their
sheer size reduces their effectiveness in battle (energy consumption,
momentum is still a physical reality and the fact that very large ships
simply cannot travel that fast by the rules of faste-than- light travel
that I use). Large ships might have a role in support (which is how I see
the Oceana class, based on my limited exposure) and in long-distance
exploration and in colony missions, relief missions and the like. I'll
have to read the rest of "Dark Horizon" to get the feel for how
these ships are used.
Steve
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>First, there was the ever present Borg threat
and if history is
any
indicator, give a military or political organization a
terrible threat to their existence and they will plow
tons of resources into building
the most extravagant and elaborateweapons system they can come up
with.
However, I think that in canon it
was becoming
clear that
in warfare, Starfleet was starting to favour
small,
overpowered
and heavily-armed ships like the
Defiant class as
warships.
A fleet of these, small, manoeuvrable, with
minimal
crew,
would be more effective than a
single larger ship
with the
same number of crew and weapons
placements.
Besides,
if you lose the one big ship, you
lose everything,
but it is
less likely that the small fleet
will be taken out
all at once.
Large ships like the Oceana class
might have the
impression
of strenght in their size, but it's a false
impression. Large
ships do have their role,
though. In
Steve-Trek, there are some
large ships as well (the Odonans'
Matrix-class
ships, for one),
but these ships are intentionally
kept out of
harm's way because
they are large ships and make big
targets, and
their sheer size
reduces their effectiveness in
battle (energy
consumption,
momentum is still a physical
reality and the fact
that very large
ships simply cannot travel that
fast by the rules
of faste-than-
light travel that I
use). Large ships might
have a role in
support (which is how I see the
Oceana class,
based
on my
limited exposure) and in
long-distance exploration
and in
colony missions, relief missions and the
like. I'll have to read
the rest of "Dark
Horizon" to get the feel for how
these ships
are used.
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
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