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[QUOTE]Originally posted by newark: [QB] Considering modern real world developments, I am not a believer in a ship of Star Trek's time requiring this many tubes. Here's my idea. In the film "The Fifth Element", Zog introduced a weapon to hired-for-money thugs. This weapon had many neat features, one of which is the ability of the bullet to do a straight line trajectory, curve, and then strike the target behind the shooter. How does this apply to Star Trek? The torpodoes on a starship are smart weapons which can analyze and track a target. When fired from a launcher, a torpodoe will have the ability for assaulting a moving target aft of the firing ship. When fired in groups, this can be quite effective. There is no need for this many torpodoe launchers. I see the explosion of torpodoe launchers as a trend in Star Trek. First, we see a fleet blown up to ridiculous numbers. (In TOS and TNG, ships were spaced far apart and there was a time lag in acquiring ships for a fleet wide movement. By DS9, Starfleet had thousands of ships at her disposal.) Second, we see the size of the Federation expanded considerable. Third, the explosion of number of launchers on a starship. I call this the "Kewl Factor". This factor, which started in fandom, has spread with all the rapidity and ugliness of a disease to canon Trek. Where's the cure? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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