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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Siegfried: [QB] akb1979: Well, any ship that would be responsible for troop deployment would need some sort of backup system in the event that transporters are down or that transporter inhibitors are present. This would be landing the ship or using auxiliary craft to deploy the troops. The Galaxy, Nebula, and Akira classes would make reasonable troop carriers since they are well-armed and apparently possess the capability to launch a large number of shuttles. However, I'd be willing to bet that Starfleet has transports already dedicated to this purpose. What was it, a Deneva or Istanbul class that was carrying 400 colonists when it struck a gravitic mine? Going back to the Defiant, whether or not she could land on a planet surface really depends on whether one of the purposes she was built for was troop deployment. I don't think she was built for it. Her normal crew complement is around 50, and to fit them in requires the crew (except for senior officers) to share quarters. This ship only has four full decks, and a lot of room is taken up for the engineering and weapons systems. Add in the possibility of maybe 25 to 30 crew quarters, a shuttle bay, the bridge, mess hall, etc. you don't have any room left over for housing troops only they're carrying a squad of maybe 10. And ten troops isn't a heck of a lot to do anything important. Anyway, that's why I think that the Defiant isn't capable of landing on planets. She's first and foremost a deadly warship. More of her interior is taken up by weapons systems and engineering and operations than for crew quarters. She simply doesn't have the internal volume to house a temporary troop contingent. And if she doesn't have the capacity for deploying troops, then she really doesn't absolutely need the ability to land on planets. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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