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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] While the "clawed" wings of the two differently sized raiders do appear aggressive, the original civilian version might have lacked all such wing empennage, and would subsequently look rather tame. Remove the various prongs and boxes that dot the raider exteriors, and suddenly the bow is "nicely" rounded, the wings droop "unthreateningly", etc. ;) As for practicability, I rather like a ship that has a small cabin but needs to be "all engine" in order to make that cabin move across interstellar distances. Perhaps Trek starcraft simply cannot be more "capacious" even when they are civilian parcel haulers (the short-ranged shuttlecraft are a different matter, and justly look like boxcars). To me, "support courier" evokes images of a courtly UPS van rather than, say, a brave pony express rider or a battlefield messenger on a roaring bike... But a UPS van can be converted to a cool SWAT team battlewagon with suitable add-ons. And that's what Chakotay's ship looks like to me. (Perhaps it's the two big square vertical front windows that look like they're ripped off an old Dodge delivery van?) Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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