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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] Exactly. It was basically the pinnacle of that idea, & the necesssary/needed tech demanded ever-larger sizes. We see a minor tech revolution in the 2370s that lets Starfleet downsize ships & crews to where [i]Intrepid[/i]s can do detailed DSE & even [i]Defiant[/i] can handle some science stuff; my own (as usual, unedited) postwar thoughts: [QUOTE]Integration was a necessity for future endeavors. When [i]Voyager[/i] returned home, Starfleet had already begun planning its first postwar classes around the new operational philosophies being developed from the lessons learned over the previous decade. Foremost, there was far less support for embarking families and civilians aboard frontline deepspace starships. The option was still there, still acceptable, but no longer did they look to create enormous communities in space like [i]Galaxy[/i] or [i]Nebula[/i]. Neither was there a plan to abandon the recent comfortability with defensive missions. Starships currently in production still embarked a larger percentage of military modules and hardware than in the prewar years but once again tempered it with the emphasized balance of scientific exploration capacity, continuing a trend over the past fifteen years in shipbuilding where technological advances had realized true multimission capability for starships of all sizes, to where an [i]Intrepid[/i] was essentially a miniature [i]Galaxy[/i] in operational ability and a [i]Defiant[/i] built for martial purposes could still perform science missions, albeit within a limited range. The traditional boundaries of the different ship types were blurring—a cruiser could be an explorer or frigate as needed, an escort could be a science ship or a light cruiser, and an explorer could be as nimble as a destroyer–prompting redefinition to the current looser modern type/duty classifications in 2380. Constant upsizing no longer was seen as necessary as miniaturization of equipment meant smaller vessels could pack more punch, and the trend had become “smaller over larger” using more automation and computer control, requiring fewer crew. Fewer crew per ship meant more available essential personnel to staff the average 759 ships being commissioned each year since the start of 2376, and also that the larger explorers and heavy cruisers could be given increased scientific and diplomatic facilities with the people to man them as required volume and power for primary operations was reduced. When combined with new technologies currently being studied and adapted meant starship mission flexibility was almost 100% complete.[/QUOTE]Of course, as we've seen, that trend is but a blip as ships sizes continue further upwards, as shown bu the 2km [i]Universe[/i] class. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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