The First One
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The problem with the Galaxy is simple: it's a product of the Trek philosophy of the time it was designed in. It was never meant to be this awesome warship. Impressive firepower, yes, but as with the E-null, the E-D never really utilised it to its full extent. Roddenberry saw the TNG Enterprise as nothing more than the Love Boat in Space, a comfortable ship where they'd zip around. How many times did you ever see the E-D (and, likewise, the E-null) really kick butt? Hardly ever.
So the Galaxy's not a battleship. In the alternate "Yesterday's Enterprise" timeline they'd never have designed a ship like the Galaxy as one. In my opinion the Galaxy is unique among Starfleet ships, and if you stop trying to see the Sovereign as some sort of replacement for it, but instead of the Excelsior or Ambassador, it makes a lot more sense.
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Excellent point TFO. I've always thought of the Galaxy Class as unnecessarily oversized too. The quarters are huge. If you've ever looked at the deck by deck blueprints, there are conference lounges, and lounges of every other sort everywhere. There are whale and dolphin tanks (which are mentioned but never seen in "The Perfect Mate"). The Galaxy was designed as a long range long term explorer, so I can except alot of the stuff. I just wonder what happened to the dolphins when the E-D crashed in Generations...
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The Galaxy Class is a unique project. The only classes of ships that many would want to serve on if they had families. And the original project was created in a time where the Federation had really no worries.
Oh, about the dolphins, they took an unexpected trip up to the lower Main Shuttle Bay during the crash...
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The First One
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed
Member # 35
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And - to resuscitate the old joke from about EnterForum-B time - the crew had a lot of tuna sandwiches to eat while they were waiting to be rescued. . . 8)
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