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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] Man, I really wish they'd made [i]Excelsior[/i] NX-5000. Would've been so much easier to work with. Ah, well. The thing is, [i]Oberth[/i] isn't a front-line ship; she's a logistical support design. It's not built for speed or combat, doesn't need to be capable of extended-range voyages, so it's not really necessary to update the design. It's obviously very modular, & well-designed & well-suited for its tasks, & the modularity probably led to later internal variants. We know it's so well respected that civilian agencies use them. I see no problem with it lasting as long as it has because there was no reason to update it or pull it from service It did its job, & it did it very well. We've already seen how..."economical" (Frugal? Lazy?) Starfleet is with ship designs; as long as they work well enough, they keep making them & keep them in service. I'm sure it's only with the greatest reluctance & sadness that they ended [i]Oberth[/i] production & designed the [i]Nova[/i] class. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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