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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lee: [QB] My assumption always was that Prometheus-class ships were intended to be deep-space explorers which could use MVAM to become a mini-fleet if one ever encountered a threat out there, far from anybody who could help. Don't ask me where I got that idea from. I checked on Memory Alpha, and it says the ship is designed for "deep space tactical assignments" so... *record scratch* Wait, what? What does that even mean? Deep space, OK, that pretty much means what we think (MA definition: "The term deep space described areas of space that were at the extent, or beyond, one's own star system, territory, or furthest point of exploration"). We also know there were deep space vessels {in the "Timeless" alternate reality, Harry Kim signs onto such a vessel to search for the wreck of Voyager; Admiral Hayes also sends two deep space vessels towards Voyager, to rendezvous in 5-6 years). But we don't know anything about what sort of vessels these were. As far as I can determine, no known Starfleet class has ever been canonically described as being for deep space exploration. Not even the TOS Enterprise, whose five-year mission closest matches any idea of what a deep space exploration mission might look like (and, in DSC Pike suggests something along the lines that Enterprise's mission kept them well out of the Klingon war). So what the hell is a deep-space tactical assignment? Surely any assignment that might entail or result in combat can be classed as tactical? It seems unlikely that Prometheus-class ships would be despatched as backup for existing deep space vessels given the distances and the timescales deep space exploration missions operate under - the above cited ships were being sent 5-6 years out, remember, meaning another 5-6 years back; and when Hayes said that, Voyager was still in the DQ and, what, 50 to 70 thousand LY away - I can't remember how much had been shaved off the total 70K LY by the time of the ep in question, "Life Line." And, if you know you're sending a ship out to get into a fight, why just send one even if it's really three-in-one? So in conclusion, maybe I'm right after all (!). The class only makes sense as a deep-space explorer. It'd explain the luxuriousness of the fittings as compared to, say, the Defiant. The ability to become three vessels is an element of surprise with a short shelf life for most of the Federation's immediate threats, and for fighting the Borg it's utterly nonsensical given we've never seen any evidence that swarming attacks present any advantage against them. On another note, though, I've always wondered what happens if just the middle part of the ship gets destroyed, would the two remaining bist still fit together? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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