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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] I checked the dialogue again: "Five years ago Starfleet began exploring the possibility of building a new class of Starship, this ship would have no families, no science labs, no luxuries of any kind." Sisko starts off by talking about a single starship class, as opposed to a set of classes. "It was designed for one purpose only: To fight and defeat the Borg." Its purpose is being defined. "The Defiant was a prototype, the first ship in what would have been a new Federation battlefleet." Now here's where things get tricky -- is she a prototype for a single class or a set of classes? The reference to a new "class" of starship at the beginning suggests the former. Otherwise, why didn't Sisko broaden the scope in his opening by referring to "new classes", and "these ships"? In any case, it would make sense that Starfleet was planning to send more than one of these ships against the Borg. The one cube was defeated almost through sheer luck; hence, the assumption was probably that in the next attack, the Borg would merely send two or three cubes (and we know they were only able to spare one in the next attack likewise). Now, considering that a Defiant takes a year to build by someone who doesn't know anything about it ("Shattered Mirror") and the number of shipyards within the Federation, once the design is completed they could be churned out in numbers. This construction time suggests that Starfleet was planning to have a lot more than one Defiant per cube, which is probably why it wasn't designed to face large warships on its own. Besides, the main issue that bothered it was structural integrity. Nobody ever complained about its weapons efficiency. Toadkiller: the warhead wasn't designed for ramming. It detaches from the main body with several torpedoes inside, and is only to be used in an emergency. The Defiant could explore in the sense of making first contact with potentially dangerous civilizations. However, I agree that it's a bit too powerful for peacetime. It could be a border patrol ship, like the Hideki, attached to several starbases in the area. However, that's just speculation. Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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