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Old 12-20-2023, 04:52 PM   #3367
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Originally Posted by Blaster86 View Post
That's just always been Star Fleet's thing. Build ships for science and then arm em to the tits. Whether it's medical, exploratory, general research. They all had a focus on some sort of science. And then they just slapped on some phaser arrays, some forward and aft torpedo launchers and shield emitters to go toe-to-toe with equivalent sized ships from other groups. They're all built to be flying cities so you compare the footprint to other races and they're these bulky monstrosities that have a severe tactical disadvantage if a fight ever comes down to manual targeting.
I just envision the ship getting into trouble...

"Shields Up! Red Alert!"

And then all of the kids in school have to get up from their desks and grab a phaser-rifle.

"We have to repel boarders? Again??"
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