To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com
From: Garry Stahl 
Reply-To: trekcreative{at}yahoogroups.com

Dredged from the mists of time....

Hailey, Jay wrote:

>Anyhoo -  While I didn't like the Battlecruiser nature of the Sovereign, I
>considered her carefully and suddely two things became clear -
>
>A)  She was built *awfully* quick
>
>and
>
>B)  She's smaller than the Galaxy
>
>Now, In Jay-Trek Treknology doesn't change all that fast.  The difference
>between the E-Prime in TOS and the E-D at the beginning of TNG was the
>equivalent of 30 years in our world, technology wise -  consider the Nimitz
>class CVN in 1970 and in 2000.
>
>(Aircraft Carrier metaphors break down pretty quickly, so don't flog this one
>too far)
>
>The Galaxy class according to the Tech manuals was designed to *last*,  minor
>upgrades ever 5 years or as necessary and major hull-in rebuilds every 20
>years.
>
>Anything you could put into a Sovereign you should be able to fit into a
Galaxy
>class no problem
>
>But -  The Federation is loosing Galaxies.  And they are *spendy*,  Since they
>are the go-everywhere, do anything ships they'll be real spendy to build and
>operate.
>
>So what's more efficient?  In Jay-Trek the Sovereign is not as flexible, not
as
>versatile but she's also a lot easier to built and support in the field.
>Basically the cutting edge of Military technology  built into a ship that is
>not the cutting edge anywhere else, to get more heavy units out onto the line
>of battle more quickly.
>
>
>In Jay-Trek  the Technology upgrades that make the Sovereign so powerful are
>available.  The   USS Discovery, a Galaxy Class is updated in design phase and
>as she's built, she should be just as powerful as the USS Yamato (Sovereign
>Class in Jay-Trek) that was built at the same time one cage over.
>
>The benefit for the UFP is that the Yamato cost about 3/4th of what the
>Discovery cost and wasn't as lavish to support in the field.
>
>I imagine that the Soverign can do anything the Intrepid can do (In terms of
>versatility) plus some, cause she has more people.  She's a well rounded ship.
>
>But she's not the totally configurable "make me any ship you
want" sort of
>creature the Galaxy class is.
>
>In Trek AUs where Fighters are the deal I bet a Galaxy class with the Saucer
>converted into a mass of hangar bays makes a hell of a heavy carrier.  The
>Discovery is built out as a colony ship.  An Admiral wanted to
"Hijack" her
and
>add her to his line up after the fact as an armed transport.
>
>In Jay-Trek During peacetime, you'll see 1 Soverign for each Galaxy.  In time
>the ratio would grow in the Sovereigns favor.  In war time, or times of
crises,
>the Galaxy production lines shut down and the Sovereigns are built
exclusively.
>
>

I can agree with this logic.  And I have yet another source of ships.
 The Ambassador line.

The Ambassador class was the Glamor ship of the last generation.  They are
still respectable, flexible vessels of the rear of the front.  But they are
not the latest in technology.

Tim Kirk changed that.  His pricey refit of the USS Kongo got the boys at
fleet thinking, always dangerous.  While Starfleet is committed to the
experiment of the RI equipped Ambassador refits, they are not 100%
committed.  Qualified RIs with Starfleet experience are rare.

However, if the Ambassador can take and thrive with that radical a refit,
she should stand one not as radical.  A refit with a modern, but standard,
starfleet power system.

End result a new power system is designed to fit the Ambassador ship with
the speed and power plant of new ships.  An entire line of good ships is
made best ships.  As Ambassadors come up for major refits they get the new
drive treatment.  A fraction the cost and time to build new.

--
Garry   AKA   -Phoenix-   Rising Above the Flames

Star Trek le mort.  Viva la Star Trek admiraetur.

Olde Phoenix Inn  http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com




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