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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]Well I really don't expect the mythical ship we're talking about to put down on the surface and see a quarter million troops come running down her ramps into battle. Of course there would have to be some staging and preparation first [Smile] [/QUOTE]Or hoppers. ;) [QUOTE]Reagrdless of the amount of ability, it would take a massive amount of manpower, firepower, and support to take a single populated planet in "realist" terms. I mean, the US is having trouble handling the insurgency in a COUNTRY, can you imagine a planet?[/QUOTE]Well my view is that Starfleet isn't in the habit of "taking" planets by force, it's not normally what they do. From what we saw in the Dominion War their tactics mostly revolved around engaging the enemy fleet (hence heavy losses) and small tactical raids to disrupt the enemy's ability to make war by taking out shipyards, supply bases and long range sensor arrays. The point was made very clearly on the show that the initial strategy was "engage, retreat". It wasn't until the invasion of Chintoka that we even heard about them going after somewhere with a civilian population and it seamed once the orbital defences were down it was just a matter of delivering the troops to the surface. Now I know it shouldn't be that easy to win a ground battle (certainly not with the Jem'Hadar) but a defender's options are decidedly limited when the enemy can transport thousands of troops at a time to just about anywhere on the planet and have total air and space superiority. So in this instance once the strategic points are taken (power stations, comms relays etc) there isn't allot of pacifying left to do. Naturally all the Dominion troops will fight to the end ("jolly good" says the Klingon troops) but I imagine the Cardassians would surrender once they see they're cut off and on their own. So I dare say that pitched, planet-wide ground battles would be rare, if not unheard of in 24th century warfare. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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