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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Captain Mike XLVII: [QB] even though the Mirand� shown in TNG and DS9 (and Voyager, Generations and FC) had no significant external alterations, i think its fair to assume the decrease in crew count comes from significant interior remodeling. In the movie era, there were dozens of dead end jobs that were downsized due to automation, this must necessarily occur when a TNG-era Miranda has new internal mechanics installed to carry out this automation. TWOK showed a lot of weapons crew and engineering officers. All those guys who pulled the grates off the torpedo launchers are kinda redundant. (but then again, NX-01 launchers load themselves :rolleyes: ) TNG weapons are mostly under computer operation, and remember.. the ships cleans itself! that accounts for a couple jobs right there.. but how many 'ship cleaning itself' conduits did they have to run through the old converted galley room which is no longer used due to replicator installation. of course my internal modification theory does have one hole: as early as ST3 Scotty ran a whole frickin Constitution with only like 5 people on it, and all in one location.. apparently the dozens of engineers at relays seen in TOS, TMP, TWOK and ST6 weren't as important as they seemed. apparently most every station that is necessary for weapons and travel is able to be controlled by computer (Ultimate Computer; Search for Spock).. the only jobs the ship cant do itself is make decisions and physically manipulate its own equipment. perhaps: the only reason Starfleet keeps people aboard is because they cant stabilize the computer control without them, M-5 and the failure of the automation in St3 demonstrate this. or they cant afford to keep so much computing equipment under that massive load, people are just cheaper to use. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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