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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] But even six ships are a frightening retaliation in that they can level a world without breaking a sweat (provided there aren't extensive defences). The enemy can only strike with impunity if it in turn has starships guarding all its holdings against these "small-scale" strikes. Another factor: if the area you cannot defend is 2,341 ly from you garrison, and all the major players' homeworlds are clustered near Earth, then the undefended area is impractically far away from the *enemy* as well. The foe can only take it, not keep it. And single planets are not of much strategic value if they lie in deep space - the planets themselves can be blockaded, but they cannot be used to blockade trade routes or anything. A Trek empire potentially *could* fight by picking enemy planets one by one with those small six-ship fleets, trying to get them faster than the enemy gets his. But spreading the fleet out to do this privateering would weaken homeworld defences and allow the enemy to perform a strike that REALLY mattered. Starship fleets could be used like MAD-style deterrents to prevent hostile takeover of far-flung holdings. And the better deterrent would probably be the big strike against the homeworld, not the numerous small strikes with six-packs of ships. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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