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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Matrix: [QB] The problem is that most think that the Star Trek technology is progressing exactly how the Navies of the world have. No that's not it works. First of all in the past hundred years, we have progressed from the big gun to the big missile. But even now there are really no such thing as fleet engagements, it's more like the US Navy and her allies bomb the hell out of her enemies on the shore. No, the real world equivilant of a Excelsior class ship serving in the 24th century would be the USS Enterprise, USS Shitty Kitty and the USS Kennedy serving in today's fleet. Hell, if you had enough money, he could pull out all the carriers and refit them to use the latest technology to land the jets of today. The basic technology of WWII on landing planes on a carrier is really not that much of a difference then today. Look at the differences between the latest carrier the USS George Bush (SR) and the USS Forrestal, to an untrained eye they look nearly identical. The equivilant of a 100 year old starship design is the equivilant of a 30 to 50 year old carrier design. The US Navy even pulled out four 60 year old battleships and refitted them for 400 million dollars each. That's far more cost effective than the billion dollar ship these days. Not only that they are superior in terms of ship to ship engagements than any new build cruisers. They are unsurpassed by any naval vessel put out today in terms of shore bombardment. I do agree, though since it looks like Starfleet did put out new build Miranda, Oberth and Excelsior class ships in the mid 24th century. Which makes no sense IMO, since if they are bilding new ships why couldn't they build new designs ships like the Ambassador class, which is probably superior? Of course the real world answer is budget. Star Trek answer of course would be that it's easier to build a proven vessel like the Excelsior class with the latest technology than to design one from scratch. Obviously, Starfleet already has dealt with the problem of upgrading the Excelsior class to mtach the latest designs with the USS Lakota. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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