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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Masao's working on another article? Oh, goody! :) Personally, I prefer to take the Large Starfleet view, considering the absolute vastness of space, and how many starships are needed to fill that void. (For instance, in Mark Nguyen's Sector simulations, we've assigned up to ten or twelve ships to a single relatively unimportant sector.) I explain away the small fleets in TNG by saying (1) there was never enough time to assemble a whole fleet, and (2) Starfleet was at its peak pacifist mode. When you boil the facts down, there's only two comments that suggest the small fleet: Shelby's line that they'd "have the fleet back up in a year," and some comment in "The Wounded" about Starfleet not being at full strength. Back to the Dominion War... I would use two figures for the fleet losses: first, the numbers of starships apparently lost during the DS9 battles that we saw, and second, the casualty lists which were occasionally mentioned. Though the Okudagrams may be unreliable given that they weren't intended for close-up view, the characters occasionally mentioned how many casualties Starfleet sustained in a week. (I don't remember exactly, but IIRC they mentioned a few thousand in "AR-558.") I'd estimate that Starfleet lost on average five ships a week during the "slow" periods of the war, not counting the really big battles (and other, unseen Big Battles -- damn the DS9 writers for not showing more of the war!). If the war lasted for about two years, that would equate an attrition of about 250 ships. Hmm. Now that I look at that, that may not be nearly enough. Consider that the Dominion had upwards of 20,000 warships at its disposal in the later parts of the war (the Final Chapter). Let me go straight to the bottom line, then. I've personally believed the figure of approximately 8,000 starships in the Federation. I'd guess they might have lost approximately 40% of their forces in the two-year war. Given the various comments that were made, that is a large chunk of Starfleet, but still leaves plenty to carry on the fight, even in the last few weeks of the war. A lot of people disparage the Daystrom Institute Technical Library, but I think it's a great site for various tech discussions -- of course you have to take the info with a grain of salt when you consider canon. Anyway, here's a page that specifically addresses fleet strength during the Dominion War: http://www.ditl.org/fleets/hedfed.htm Hope this helps! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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