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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] You are somewhat overstating your case here, I'm afraid. (Edit: I refer to our good Imperial underling here, in case there was confusion.) It's blatantly obvious that the UFP Starfleet is not omnipotent, yes - but it is even more obvious that for example the forces available to the Cardassian Central Command are even more pitiful, amounting to a "third-world navy" in today's terms. To this day, there's not a military confrontation where the Cardassians would verifiably have triumphed, nor any other sort of use of naval assets. (Well, the modified freighter from "Return to Grace" did score one, but that was due to Bajoran assistance!) Now, the Cardassians are known weaklings. What about the Klingons, tho? The Vor'cha does not seem to be an especially impressive combatant, neither in terms of engagements pitting her against UFP adversaries ("The Chase"), nor in Klingon internecine conflicts ("Redemption I"). Against the Dominion, this ship type seems particularly helpless. The Klingon war machine is admittedly diverse yet strangely uniform in strength (ships have "the power of plot", regardless of type). And it does not appear to be meeting the needs of its operating Empire any better than Starfleet meets the needs of the UFP. The Romulan fleet is a bit of a mystery. The Warbirds probably outgun the best the Federation can offer - hard to tell, though, since the only actual engagements involving Fed opponents have been abortive, stalemates, or pants-down situations like the "Timescape" one. They don't outrun Fed ships, and seem otherwise at disadvantage for example in the Tin Man crisis, but they certainly look like very impressive combatants. It would be quite interesting to learn how the Romulan fleet compares to the Federation one, yet we never get enough facts to make that comparison. How many of those superior Warbirds are there? Not enough to stop the blatant intrusions in "Contagion"... Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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