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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ahkileez: [QB] People are fundamentally non-violent. They look for the solution that doesn't require force first. This is a good thing, because it keeps us from collectively becoming bloodthirsty barbarians. I don't have a problem with seeing that reality portrayed in Trek as a slow-to-anger kind of policy. That's pretty normal. As Rev pointed out, we differ in opinion as to the role and purpose of Starfleet and I won't bring that disagreement in here to derail his thread. I'd only add that as far as policy is concerned, the Trek world is unrealistically biased toward one end of the spectrum - which makes no sense since they seem to be under constant and unceasing attack and threat of attack by hundreds of small and large entities. I understand why they do that of course: to show Starfleet, and especially humans, as 'the better man' every time; winning hearts and minds or just plain forcing their agenda down the throats of dirty little independent species as they encounter them. Anyway, I like Rev's approach to designing this craft. I think he's right in the way he's doing it. Only in the movies do you really try to land in the middle of a firefight - that's a surefire way to lose the aircraft and everyone it's carrying. This ship should be biased towards transportation, and I mean physical transportation of personnel and cargo - not transporter beams. It doesn't make any logical sense to create a personnel carrier that then uses transporters to send its contents somewhere else. It'd be like rigging a modern-day APC with a trebuchet to lob its soldiers the last half mile. :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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