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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] Besides, even if the torps arent interchangable, its probably not a great undertaking to swap out existing launchers to the quantorps. But i think quantorps differ from photorps only internally and dont really need much difference Actullay, we dont know that Akira has a humongous through-bay or that it carries fighters (and we also dont know if there are smaller fighters than Peregrines, that are easier to fit into standard bays) What we do know is that it has three (labeled) shuttlebay doors. One large one and two smaller ones. The only other ship i can think of that has 3 like that is the Galaxy, and the Akira has a fraction of its internal volume. I think its likely that theres a reason they are there in that case, and that reason would be that the ship is a carrier. (aside from the fact that the designer said 'this ship is a carrier'). And the proliferation of weapons and warships during time of peace is not unheard of or uncommon.. its a result of a military focusing on preparedness and creating a deterrent to maintain a balance of power. And even though you say the wars of the 2340s-50s were minor, im sure the people in underpowered, undershielded ships that were dying in Talarian suicide bombs and Cardassian 'demonstrations of superiority' didnt think so. The fact that people were dying and that we had the technology to create a deterrent were the factors that led to a warship like that. And, as a deterrent, it may not have even been intended to be used often, but to exist in case we *did* need to use it. The US has been building aircraft carriers, new bombers, new bombs and a whole lot of stuff id rather not think about during the peaceful periods between wars (or 'police actions').. and even after the end of the cold war, we continue to maintain our military. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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