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Why in the hell Akira was desighned so early?!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by David Templar: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [qb]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] There's a difference in making war machines, and making crazily powerful war machines. The US could have created giant battleships with missiles up the wazzu, but they didn't. There was no need for one class of god-like ships when a few cheaper, smaller vessels could have filled the same role. The impending introduction of the GCS and NCS, plus the existing Ambassador Class and upgradable Excelsior Class would have been more than enough to handle anything the Cardassians (the biggest threat at the time) had. There was no reason to create something like the 15 tubed, fighter bay-ed Akira Class. As for varying fighter sizes, it's pretty conclusive that the same type of fighter shows up throughout DS9. Their weaponary varies, but everytime a fighter is mentioned, the Pereguine shows up. And gets prompty cannon-foddered. In general, fighters weren't all that effective throughout the war. Yet they kept using them. Those amazing, courageous men and their flying machines... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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