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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] There's also a third viewpoint to consider: perhaps those older ships are in fact just as old as they look, internally as well as externally? Perhaps Starfleet has so far had no interest in upgrading them in any way? Today, military technology needs an "edge" to compete with other military technology that also strives for the "edge". But one could basically still successfully trade wheat using 19th century sailing ships, or explore the seas using Cook's old Endeavour. In Trek, military escalation has an added twist - your opponent may not be the child of the same escalation process you are. He may be centuries ahead of you, or millennia behind. So there could be some logic to building a spaceworthy and long-living ship, then completely refusing to upgrade it in any manner for its century-or-so lifetime. (Oh, perhaps you could install the newest-model comm software so that the hails would get through, or a newest-fashion interior decor...) A refit would always be a compromise, and building a completely new ship might offer better tactical *and* financial gain. You don't lose an old ship when you get a new one... Of course, this would backfire in the Dominion war where older ships would have to join the newer in battle. A Miranda of early 24th century speed standards would slow down the entire fleet to a fraction of its potential speed. But perhaps speed is not of essence as long as any ship can go from star to star in less than a week? Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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