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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] I don't agree with why it isn't a Connie refit. Let's look to the end of the 23rd century. The Excelsior-Class has become the explorer of Starfleet, and Constitution-Class starships are set for retirement (evidence in TUC, "this ship and crew are due to stand down"). Now, perhaps Starfleet has a need for a light ship for assorted duties, and some bright headed lieutenant commander eager for a promotion comes up with an idea - "Hey, instead of scrapping all these Connies, why not do some refit work?" It does make sense - presumeably, the Constitution-Class has at least the life-span of the Miranda-Class, and we've seen how long those have lasted. Even if you argue that the older Connies from TOS had a shorter span, a counter arguement would be that the TMP refit was initiated by Starfleet to expand the ship's operational life-span, and that new Connies built to those specs would also have that longer life-span. The plan is thus: chop off the secondary hull, and gut the primary hull. Reconfigure the primary hull to accomodate a Mirandized-deflector, and engineering section, and other neccessities of a starship. The pros are clear: you save time by using an existing hull, meaning your productivity is higher - in the time time it takes you to build twelve ships of a new light-cruiser designation, you could possibly convert the entire Consitution fleet (let's guesstimate it at two to three dozen). Also, you have this new class of ship ready for space trials much faster, and you still have the ship's previous crew ready to man the vessel. A Miranda-Class ship holds all of this, but does have a bit bigger hull, true ... on the other hand, there's no reason why a refitted Connie couldn't contain all of the neccessary sections with a smaller crew then a Miranda. Heck, if the ship's purpose is just cargo transfers, supply runs, and VIP transport, the ship could operate with a crew as small as a few dozen. I don't see why the "ex-Connie" arguement is so quickly stricken. I think it does make sense. I don't think it is neccessarily correct, but I don't see why it couldn't be. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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