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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Paladin181: [qb] In WW2 the US used regular merchant ships and cruise liners to transport troops across the atlantic through the merchant marines, but they also had dedicated troop ships of their own. I would think that Starfleet would be about the same, they would use their own ships and mobilize the merchant marines to suppliment them. [/qb][/QUOTE]That sort of thing's pretty much standard practice, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if Starfleet had the same sort of system. I could see problems with starships that wouldn't be present with modern Navies and may lead to a higher percentage of Starfleet owned transports. 1) Transporters: I can't see most merchant vessels being fitted with large numbers of personnel transports, with the possible exception of cruise liners. For troop landings I'd think Starfleet has it's own ships, although equipment transport could be done by civilian vessels. 2) Shields. Could Starfleet rig up military grade shields to every commandeered merchant ship? They would certainly end up more vulnerable in a combat area, requiring more ships to act as escorts, thereby diverting resources from other operations. 3) Compatability: Of all sorts of things; docking ports, computers, comms. I'm sure they could be fixed, but it'd take time and resources. So I think that any Starfleet merchant reerve would be specially assessed ships and mostly used for 'second line' operations- resupply, heavy equipment landings, troop rotations on already captured planets, etc. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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