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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shipbuilder: [QB] Well it would seem pretty logical that only the Defiant be cloak capable for reasons other than going by what the DS9TM says. It doesn't appear that the Defiant class ships were designed to use a cloaking system to begin with because the Federation used a ROMULAN cloaking system. Why would you design a warship that relied on obtaining a critical piece of equipment that only a defacto enemy possessed? (begs another question, why not use a Klingon cloak? Maybe not compatible for some technobabble reason?) Other onscreen evidence suggests it was a hassle to get the thing from the Romulans and use it, first only in the Gamma quadrant, and then limited use in the Alpha quadrant during the Dominion war. Even though TPTB quickly phased out the Romulan officer to look after the cloaking system, it proves that the Federation had to make some concessions to obtain and use it. All of this suggests a very "one time" agreement and it looks doubtful that any Romulan would agree to mass produce cloaks for a Federation vessel. What about a Federation cloak for each new Defiant? Maybe, but we would be violating a treaty and that doesn't seem very Federation-esque, and besides the fact that we have never seen any proof of another cloak being used on a Defiant class ship. I think the DS9TM got this one right. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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