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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Toadkiller: [QB] Good points Timo - My guess is that Defiant and any proposed sisters for the anti-Borg role were intended to simply inflict as much initial damage as possible in a hope that the more conventional ships could then finish the cube off. Remember all SF really knew was that Enterprise had had initial success in their first meeting (and Picard had failed to finish them) then in BOBW they were able to carve through a whole fleet. They needed something to slow them down at least long enough to concentrate all available firepower - which is perhaps what happens in First Contact. Whatever they did apparently worked as when the E-E showed up they were damaged and vulnerable. Maybe the Defiants were even to ram it - what is that funky module for in the nose for? I've heard detachable warhead - but do we know if that is "official". As for future roles: exploration - see above, the ships are not well equipped for that and have little room for upgrades. Also - do they have the range? Patrol - what does a patrol ship do in peace time? Most likely what a coast guard cutter does now - interdiction of illegal vessels, resource protection, and search and rescue. Seems a Nova could likely do those just as well if we assume lightly armed (or unarmed) smugglers. I'd suspect the more run-of-the-mill Nova's to be easier to operate than the cutting edge Defiants. Post WWII - even with a potentially greater threat in store from the Soviets (which was realized at the time) many of the "cutting edge" ships (and other weapons) were placed into storage or scrapped. I think a democracy (or post-modern whatever that the UFP is) can't maintain a "war surge" economy without an obvious immediate threat. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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