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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
What's funny about that is if you go back and watch Star Trek VI, you had bunk bed space on the Enterprise, probably for the never mentioned enlisted, they had cooking spaces phasering mashed potatoes. They had waiters serving the dinner. And that's only about 80 years from TNG.
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funny thing about the TNG era, it feels like a significant chunk of Starfleet prior to Borg/Dominion militarization was made up of old ass antiques that Kirk would have been familiar with. you still had Excelsiors, Mirandas, Constellations chugging around; hell even at Wolf 359 when the fate of the Federation was at stake, some Oberths and Constitutions showed up.
when Picard first boarded Enterprise D, the look on his face half the time was like, this place is softer than tribbles. I think Galaxy class was the Federation's attempt to show off its prosperity and sophistication to allies, enemies and unknowns alike. races would presumably be so impressed that they'd sign up for membership, or be freaked out by its considerable wingspan and stay out of Starfleet's way. too bad for the Federation that such an expensive ship exposed itself as a glass cannon not very long into its service life.