You're a Captain,you get to pick your starship. Which class?

[Mikey]

I guess I might be convinced to take one if I could get the same state-of-the-art hero shields.

[sunnyside]

Yeah, the GCS had a good track record of avoiding the "instant-death-anomaly-of-the-week."

When Picard was at the helm is was being used as our deep space exploration vessel. And again it was Picard. I forget the details, but at the beginning of most/many Trek movies with him they're starting off doing something diplomatic. They get called somewhere, and usually Picard then blows off some orders to dive into a fight or anomaly.

Now hopefully the anomoly investigation/deep spece exploration is falling to the new generation of Akiras, Intrepids, and Sovs.

Though it's possible the Galaxies are still doing that, which I why I mentioned the Ambassadors. They're supposed to be posh and diplomatic, still passably tough, but they should be out doing anomaly/deep space exploration work anymore.

[Mikey]

I would tend to think that the GCS will still be the premier exploration ship for some time - it's still best suited to long-term missions.

[Duskofdead]

I would tend to think that the GCS will still be the premier exploration ship for some time - it's still best suited to long-term missions.

Agreed, with the war over, the Akira doesn't appear to be a frontline explorer. It seems to be geeared for emergency response, evacuations, aid to colonies, that sort of thing. Then again we know almost nothing about it and I'd love to see the looks on some faces around here if in the next Trek they mentioned it had 28 science labs.

Sovereign, doubt very much they'd put such a heavily armed, numerically limited, and resource intensive ship out along the border. Those ships will probably stick to important in-Federation spots for defense or critical response, or major diplomatic events (such as with the Romulans.)

[Mikey]

The GCS was seemingly designed specifically for long-term missions; the large number of holodecks, the family accomodations/schools, the arbor-friggin-retum, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

The Sov, Akira, and Intrepid don't have the facilities to accomodate such a duration, and could be considerably more scary to unfamiliar races.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Wait, what's wrong with the arboreteum(sp)?

[Duskofdead]

Wait, what's wrong with the arboreteum(sp)?

It doesn't contribute to lobbing bright special effects balls at enemies so it is useless and should be destroyed.

[Mikey]

Wait, what's wrong with the arboreteum(sp)?

It doesn't contribute to lobbing bright special effects balls at enemies so it is useless and should be destroyed.

My comment was completely devoid of value judgement, Captain Defensive.

What I meant was that if one class out of a few choices had an arboretum, then that's the one that's probably meant for the longest mission duration.

[Duskofdead]

I coudln't help being sarcastic, wasn't meant in response to you Mikey

[Mikey]

That's fine... I couldn't really claim to be a sarcastic bastard if I couldn't accept it in return.

[Duskofdead]

If only the trees in the arboretum could be used to create a nerve gas, or had bioelectric properties that could be implemented into the torpedo casings.

[Mikey]

Hmmm... taser torpedoes...

[Teaos]

What I meant was that if one class out of a few choices had an arboretum, then that's the one that's probably meant for the longest mission duration.

Or that is was intended for studying flora and fawna of alien planets.

[Mikey]

I don't think they kept any fauna, but...

you're correct, Teaos, and that's just another indication that the GCS is the most likely candidate for long-range/long-term exploration vessel.

[Teaos]

I don't think they kept any fauna, but...

We know Phlox did so I wouldnt be suprised if the GCS did as well.