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[QUOTE]Originally posted by WizArtist II: [QB] ANY ship that happens to be the centerpiece of a Trek show is AUTOMATICALLY invulnerable to everything but the self-destruct. I've seen other posters talking about Excelsior class vessels having their saucers melted after a couple of hits. But, of course none of their crews had their own series.... It is a MAJOR inconsistency within trek how little damages some ships take and others get pounded but don't show a scratch. I tried comparing this to WW2 U.S. Navy ships of similar class. Most notably the Yorktown class. Of the three ships of this class, one (Enterprise) took very few hits, had a stellar career and was, I believe, the most decorated warship in U.S. Naval history, One (Yorktown) was continually beat up and finally sunk at Midway, and the third (Hornet) was the launch platform for the Doolittle Raid, participated in the South Pacific before being severely damaged and finally sunk by her own escorts. This is why it seems so unrealistic for a series ship to take pounding after pounding and cruise right through and sisterships to get annihilated in three salvos. To me, it always seemed that the TOS Enterprise was always vulnerable while the ships of the other series were "shields at 10%, rerouting plot device to deaux ex machina.... enemy destroyed... ship back to normal". Did anyone else ever truly feel that ANY of the other series ships were REALLY in danger of getting whacked for good? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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