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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I don't think smaller ships have that much of an advantage against a big one. Starfleet ships simply don't miss, not even against small and maneuverable opponents. What it boils down to is how much pounding the shields can take. If it's just one or two shots, and big and small ships deliver *roughly* similar shots, then the numerous small ones always win, with their first volley. If it's dozens of shots, then the large one has enough time to fire on all the small ones and ward them off her hide. And we have VERY seldom seen ships succumb to just one or two shots when the shields are up. I do think a smaller Enterprise would be nice for a change, too. But if they make it too small, then it logically has to be optimized for some specific mission; and that limits the possibilities in future movies. A happy medium could probably be found, tho. As for what I think of the role of the E-E: she could be the forerunner for a new generation of "workhorses" like the Excelsiors or earlier Constitutions. It's just that she will stay somewhat "experimental" for the first few years before Starfleet decides to risk mass production. And in the meantime, the ship is tried out in a wide variety of roles, so that its strengths and weaknesses can be found. If the ship was built for a given narrow mission profile from the beginning, she wouldn't be wasting her time on other mission types. And series production would already have begun, too. She *could* be a new explorer, but I wager the Galaxies and Nebulas still suffice in that role for a couple of decades. An Excelsior-succeeding jack-of-all-trades would be a "poor man's explorer" that excels in no mission but does them all; a true explorer like a Galaxy would be so overengineered that she does excel in all missions, the only drawback being the huge costs of operating her. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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