XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.enterprise, alt.startrek, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   XPost: rec.arts.startrek.tech   
   From: jbelanger@insightbb.com   
      
   Eric Nichols wrote:   
   > "Chris Basken" <-> wrote in message   
   > news:taCdncUkCoY_qxTfRVn-iQ@giganews.com...   
   >   
   >>Bill Carey wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>As a matter of fact, they did say that. Watch first contact again.   
   >>   
   >>Can anyone confirm this?  I lent my FC DVD to my father.   
   >>   
   >>I've seen FC a number of times.  I remember Riker saying Picard's   
   >>experience with the Borg makes him the perfect man to lead the fight.  I   
   >>remember Geordi saying the Ent-E is the most advanced ship in the fleet   
   >>and that they're "ready" to fight the Borg.  But I don't recall them   
   >>ever saying the Ent-E was actually designed as a Borg-fighting ship,   
   >>like the Defiant was.   
   >   
   >   
   > E wasn't specifically designed as a borg killing machine, but given that it   
   > was the most advanced ship in the fleet it would incorporate all the   
   > technology designed to counter the borg.   
   > I have to ask myself what would be better, one soverign class or the four   
   > defiant class ships you could build with the same amount of material.   
   >   
      
   You have the capability of packing more power into the Sovereign Class   
   starship by far.   
      
   Yes, Defiant packs a big punch, but she does it mainly by energy savings   
   elsewhere; like having a small infirmary, not a state of the art   
   sickbay; having basic sensor arrays, but no labs per se; hard hitting   
   weapons, fairly heavy shields for her size, but the crew quarters look   
   like something from 668 boat(That's a Los Angeles Class SSN(Nuclear   
   Attack sub) for those who are not avid fans of Tom Clancy) and there are   
   no state rooms. No shuttles per se, no frills, no gimmicks, no factory   
   extras.   
      
   OTOH, a Sovereign Class ship not only has a much bigger and more   
   powerful primary reactor, she also has better impulse power, room for   
   auxilary fusion reactors, and a hell of a lot more batteries. She can   
   cary more torpedoes, pack more/heavier phasers, and can generate more   
   powerful shields because she's got more room for shield generators. She   
   also has more room for auxilary shield generators.   
      
   Yes, a small maneuverable platform is great, but the Defiant doesn't   
   last long in a real slugging match. That's why you have heavier ships   
   than what is essentially an escort frigate.   
      
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