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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Valles: [QB] [QUOTE][qb] So you have lots of powerful ships operational in the vicinity of Earth.[/qb][/QUOTE]This, I don't dispute. [QUOTE][qb] It certainly seems that they are there to defend it. [/qb][/QUOTE]This, I do. First, it is known that the Sol System is a major Federation shipbuilding and repair nexus. One or two ships in states of workup/shakedown isn't unexpected, although I'll grant that the Endgame case has heavier hulls than would be typical. Second, not only is that true of Sol, it is presumably true of the other Charter worlds as well, one of which (Alpha Centauri) is only four-odd light years away. I think it's reasonable to assume that there are other major hubs within quick-response range. Third, an alternate possibility: those ships had been pulled together for a training exercise in combined fleet operations, and it was quite literally the luck of the draw that they were in the right place at the right time. All of the above with the caveat that I don't watch much TV and haven't seen Endgame. As to Fed. policy, a more militant stance over the five to ten years following the Dominion War is a likely, but ultimately temporary phenomenon. Starfleet and the cultural assumptions that back it are too well established, IMHO, to be changed by what centuries of experience have shown to be an abberrant case. Blessed be. -n [/QB][/QUOTE]
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