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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toadkiller: [QB] While we're at it we might suppose that the Defiant class is obsolete after the war. I was pondering this thread and wondered what the design process for the Defiant was - how do you come up with a design to work against a "super-threat" like the Borg. "Hmm - we've been building large ships that can't move real well. Maybe a small agile ship ship with non-conventional weapons." OK they tried that, we really didn't get a very clear picture in First Contact of how it worked for them - but Defiant did survive which is a vote in favor of success. However by their very nature the (non-voyager) Borg adapt. Old (once used) techniques won't work in the future. So the Defiant is no longer a good novel weapon against the Borg - its designed purpose. The class was used in a more conventional role during the DW - and seemed to have done well acting as sort of a UFP BOP. However, with the Dominion tucked back in the G quad do they still need BOP's? From on screen evidence it would seem they would make lousy peacetime patrol ships. They seem to be high maintenance and very uncomfortable for the crew - by SF standards anyhow. Perhaps if we were to be able to see the post-war era we'd find the Defiants becoming hanger queens - those that aren't put into mothballs outright. Of course that presumes a post-war peace....I guess we'll see in the next movie(s). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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