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[QUOTE]Originally posted by AndrewR: [QB] OK a few things. 1. The Akira/FC ships naming nightmare... Could one possible senario be that these are actual refits of older ships... for all we know the original Akiras - that could have been around for the Cardassian wars... had Excelsior or even Ambassador era - type nacelles? That maybe why we see so many of these ships in First Contact... they were all at UP and Sector 001 ship yards undergoing refitting. New phaser banks, new lifeboats, new nacelles - but the hull etc - prollay stays pretty much the same. This would explain their appearance in Relativity and even some of those Steamrunners that had no bussard collectors on them. They could be older ships taken out of mothballs and spruced up... especially after the Wolf 359 defeat. The Borg presence, and DEFINATELY after the destruction of the Odyssey at the Hands of the Dominion. When they pulled the Defiant out, they probably pulled a few of the older ships out too and spruced them up. This would have been also at the same time as the upgrade to Deep Space Nine. I think that the Sabre might have been another one of those 'Borg weapons' along with the Defiant... since those Sabres didn't seem to have old numbering... 2. For fleet tactics - yes it would have been nice to have a bit more clarity reguarding 'orders' of ships and tactics. I think they went for more ships on screen than having a good idea of the lay out. a) maybe this was to present the outnumbering of the Starfleet ships b) maybe the whole tactic WAS just to punch a whole through Dominion lines. 3. For tactics like some of you mentioned... go watch Babylon 5's "Shadow Dancing" it really shows you how all the different races came together and used their different types and abilities of ships effectively to destroy a much more powerful enemy. Then go and watch "Into the Fire" The battle at the start has some order, but the 'big arsed' battle has, like SoA absolutely NO semblence of order, there are just ships everywhere. And you never get a long enough view of any one ship. At least in SoA, we got some nice 'beauty shots' of the Defiant + Mirandas and "Sisko's Run" etc. 4) My perfect fleet? I'll have to give it a bit more thought but, 1. A Galaxy or Sovereign class controlling the battle from a "Stellar Cartography" type set... Then having the battle spread out over an entire Solar system. With Galaxys, Ambassadors and Nebulas as these huge ships that basically become weapon platforms with surrounding medium class ships that do a bulk of the fire power... Excelsiors, Akiras, New Orleans, Niagra's and Steamrunners, a few smatterings of Cheyennes, Freedoms, Norways and Intrepids. And swarms of smaller ships like Mirandas, Defiants, Sabres and Peregrins/attack fighters. This would have to take place over a large area and not just involve "firepower" but tactics. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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