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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] The existance or otherwise of carriers in Trek is basically dependant on the utility of fighters. With FTL fire control of photon torpedoes there appears to me to be relatively little advantage of fighter craft. On the other hand, I suppose they would be useful for long range surgical strikes, missions to disable enemy vessels for boarding and cheap system defence. Perhaps a role more like Light Attack Craft than fighters in the sense that we would think of them. I don't think a specialised carrier design could compete with all the exploratory cruisers in times of peace. After all, the small craft complement of Starfleet's vessels is relatively high and if small craft could be used as a replacement for starship sensors, then I can't help but think they already would be. A carrier design wouldn't necessarily have greatly increased capacity for planetary relief over an exploratory ship, especially a Galaxy, and we know Starfleet has specialised hospital ships. Having said all that, I like the design Shakaar posted. The idea of a combat retrieval ship is a good one, but I'd think it'd be a tractor heavy, specialised design. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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