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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I doubt "diverting of Starfleet resources" would be that much of an issue. It's a once-in-a-thousand-lifetimes thing anyway, not something Starfleet would be *expected* to be capable of handling ever again. With an entire planet at stake like that, it wouldn't be that far-fetched to essentially build a second Starfleet, or even an organization larger than the then existing Starfleet, just for the purpose - and then dismantle it immediately afterwards. People down on the planet wouldn't be doing much else useful anyway; making them build ships for themselves would keep them from looting and pillaging, at any rate. Starfleet's pre-existing starships would probably mainly be there to stop the looting, to control the traffic, to help with medical matters, to keep the people fed and clothed and in communication when the planetary infrastructures shut down. They'd probably move more stuff in than out. Sending a few Manns to shuttle trivially small numbers of people out of the planet would not be worth the while (I think we discussed this in connection with the DS9 "Gateways" novel already). If the evacuation really hinged on the few thousands of seats on the Manns, then there would be no hope anyway, and the ships would be better used in euthanizing the population from orbit... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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