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- From: drac@uumeme.chi.il.us (Bruce Maynard)
- Subject: Re: Federation Marines
- Organization: UUMEME Public Access Xenix
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 02:28:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.022816.6561@uumeme.chi.il.us>
- References: <1hrfvsINNdrk@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- In article <1hrfvsINNdrk@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> bafta@cats.ucsc.edu (Shari L Brooks) writes:
- >
- >As I recall, (correct meif I'm wrong here) the Enterprise is somewhat
- >the equivalent of a Navy heavy cruiser. [At least the original one was]
- >
- >While there might be some Marines abord a cruiser, its function is
-
- Well, the Enterprise (prime) was CALLED a cruiser... but I also recall the phrase
- "There're only 12 like hert in the fleet"... the Constitution-class vessels were the "big guns" of Starfleet...
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- Now, the Enterprise-D, however, has been called "in the series itself" a "battleship"...
- and the episode wherein it was stated she COULD, in times of emergency, carry UP TO "several thousand troops",
- would mean that she had the room & life support to do so (proilly by keeping every
- engineer aboard on-duty 23-1/2 hrs a day 8-{)} ), she did NOT do so on any
- regular basis... in fact, I seem to recall the statement "But, she's never been
- called upon to actually do so, of course"...
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