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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The First One: [QB] The whole of Bernd's complaint seems to be from this idea that the physical existence of the Federation is maintained by physical force. That the space cannot be said to be Federation territory unless it has a placeholder in the form of a starship there. But it's not an Empire. Starfleet's main duties within the borders largely consists of trasnportation, and research (say, in the gaps between member systems - there's a lot there they don't know about). And, of course, public relations. This, by the way, is distinct from their duties ON the borders, which consist of guarding and expanding said borders (in a non-belligerent way). Starfleet's punch comes in the suggestion of physical force - walking softly with said big stick. You may invade this sector which is free of any of our ships, they say, but bear witness that we WILL retaliate, bringing in ships from all around, so that the border almost seems to recoil against the intrusion. Unfortunately this isn't perfect. Time and again it's been shown that there are hardly ever any ships available to retaliate. Plus the recoil is usually less than spectacular - throughout TNG and DS9 there were always references to three or six or nine ships on their way, hardly a massive fleet. . . [/QB][/QUOTE]
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