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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] [QUOTE] While I do agree that UFP is not the only 'superpower' in that part of the Galaxy in some episodes it does tell us that UFP space is far more vast than Klingon or Romulan space. So to cover a larger amount of space, you must have a larger fleet. [/QUOTE]Asssuming that you ARE covering that amount of space. Perhaps only militant empires jealously guard their borders? Based on the shows, it doesn't seem that the Feds would be able to mount a timely response to anything happening in their space if it wasn't for the [i]Enterprises[/i] - and while we have little knowledge of Klingon or Romulan reaction times in their respective spaces, generally they seem to rise to border incursions pretty aggressively, with ST6 being basically the only time our heroes got past a border with impunity (and that was an obvious Matthias Rust analogy, highlighting the sorry state of the Empire at the time). [QUOTE] In addition more territory equals more resources. More resources equals to more ships. Smaller territory equals smaller resources, which in turn equals smaller fleet. [/QUOTE]OTOH, the vehemence with which you exploit your territory may also matter. [QUOTE] Romulan and Klingon ships may be equal or better than their Starfleet counterparts, they nevertheless may have lesser numbers. Hell, we can't even support that their ships are more powerful than their counterparts. [/QUOTE]Indeed, basically every reference confirms that Fed ships are individually better. Even the big Rommie warbirds are explicitly slower than the [i]Galaxies[/i]. Although the Feds after Khitomer may not have ruled completely sovereign, there'd probably still be much less military competition than before. Space is big, and when your closest neighbors are in a rut and not threatening you, you probably won't plunge into an escalation race just because the distant Tholians or Breen are arming themselves. In such a stagnated threat environment, it would make sense to use existing ship designs to their max. Or even revert to older desings, since the threat environment now is back to what it was a century ago, with the Klingons (and, after [i]Tomed[/i], Romulans) gone! Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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