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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Well, the question would then be whether Starfleet can afford to divert so many ships, even for such a massive humanitarian mission. I really don't think that anything other than a round trip would be practical, because that means so many more ships would be needed. And a space station just wouldn't be practical -- unless you [i]conveniently[/i] had one positioned just in the right spot, there'd be no difference between it and a planet anyway. Besides, unless it were one of those big Spacedock-type stations, I sincerely doubt that it could handle such a huge influx of refugees. I'm thinking about an obvious analogy, the Berlin Airlift of 1948-1949. Why was it considered one of the greatest movements of cargo in history? Probably not because of the actual volume of material moved (I'm not too familiar with the actual logistics, but compared to the shipping in World War II itself, probably not quite that much), but rather because of the length of time that it went on and the political reasons for its launch. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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