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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Fleet size ... always designed to bring out a huge fight [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] It makes sense for Starfleet to have large numbers of the older classes of starship -- Miranda, Excelsior, Ambassador, and Oberth -- because these ships have been in production in most cases for over a hundred years (and the Ambassador probably at least 30 or 40 -- I'm not sure on the date on that one). I don't think Starfleet has quite the numbers you give for the newer classes -- Sovereign, Nova, Defiant, etc. I certainly don't think there are 1500 Galaxy-Class ... I'm not certain if this story is true or "canon", but G.R. once said that there were twelve Galaxy-Class starships ... six in service, and six "dismantled" at various points across the Federation, where they could be assembled if needed. I don't think its unreasonable to assume that the Galaxy-Class was designed to be a small production run for a multi-roll starship, and that Starfleet didn't originally plan on building more than the original twelve. However, episodes of Deep Space Nine seem to hint that (if the 6-built, 6-waiting story is true) the Galaxy-Class proved versitile or useful enough to make Starfleet change their minds and continue production. I sincerely doubt there are that many INTREPID-Class starships in service. I'd be boggled if more than 40 had even been built -- you know, it takes time to build a starship, and if VOYAGER was one of the first production starship off the assembly line, you're assuming a rate of 20-some new ships per year since. I honestly don't think Starfleet has that kind of resources to put out a new class of starship in that short of a time -- which is part of the reason why they rely on older class starships so friggin' much. The number for the SOVEREIGN-Class is more realistic, so that might be very well. This of course begs the question of why the Enterprise-E -- one of very few of Starfleet's most powerful starship -- was off doing diplomatic missions instead of fighting the Dominion. Oh, well, maybe it was their off-rotation time? [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Starfleet's got a hell of a lot more than 14,000 some starships. You've left off a ton of classes -- Renaissance, etc. [i]My note: all of this is conjecture. Thank you.[/i] The United Federation of Planets consists of 150 member worlds, plus colonies, et al. Assuming that each member world has a population of 1 billion, and then further assuming that Starfleet makes up say 1% of the Federation Population (not an unreasonable assumption considering that from all appearances, Starfleet is the equivilant of the entire Federal gov't and runs EVERYTHING), then Starfleet has about 150 billion people in it. GOD DAMN. I'd guesstimate Starfleet at having much closer to 40,000+ starships. Hey -- they've got a pretty big area to protect, and keep in mind, the UFP doesn't have borders like nations today do ... there are worlds within the UFP that aren't members, and worlds that are probably pretty far away from others that are members. Imagine if the US was the galaxy, and Maryland, Massachussets, North Carolina and North Dakota made up the Federation. None of those states border each other, so you'd need a lot of ships to protect those planets and the trading ships etc. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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