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Ok, I'm going to try and write a short fanfic. It's about a Feddy starship crewed mostly with cadets that comes under attack by either the Jem'Hadar or some other enemy. They manage to fight off their attacker, but the ship is badly damaged. Anyways, I need suggestions on which ship class I should use. The ships I have in mind are:

Ambassador
Intrepid
Nova
Excelsior
New Orleans

AKIRA

Akira class is a fan-masturbatory piece of shit.

I'd go with either an Excelsior or an Ambassador.

Um...No. No Akiras, Galaxys, Sovereigns or Defiants.

Edit: Niagras are looking nice. But what the hell is hanging off the bottom of the New Orleans?

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schem ... rleans.jpg

Ambassador, I've always though that it is one of the better Starfleet desings.

I'd actually recomend a refitted/upgraded Miranda Class. In this time of war Starfleet would have needed every spare ship it had. The ships left for the kids to play with should be scrapheaps. Red Squad did get a Defiant but they're cream de'la cream(sp). Also you have to figure how many characters you want to develop. Anything larger than an Intrepid class will have 200 or more crewers and thats a lot of people to write about. Where as a smaller yet just as powerful ship will have a smaller crew.

Just kidding with the AKIRA. Looked at the New Orleans. I hate Kitbashes

Nova. Is this a conttinuation of "Federation?"

Federations pretty much dead.

How about the Saber-class?

Agent Fisher wrote:How about the Raider-class?

What are they?

The type of ship that the Maquis use, I believe. It's too small.

Excelsior. Its the kind of ship you're most liukely to have cadets on.

Aya wrote:Um...No. No Akiras, Galaxys, Sovereigns or Defiants.

Edit: Niagras are looking nice. But what the hell is hanging off the bottom of the New Orleans?

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schem ... rleans.jpg

Torpedo Tubes, I think, or supposed to be, she's got 3 external racks, for some reason. I've always rather liked the New Orleans as a model, although the tubes are pointless, watched Best of Both Worlds recently to play spot the Kyushu.

sorry meant the Saber class

I've always hated the New Orleans. It's just too ugly for me to like.

I'd really go with the Excelsior. It's a fan favourite, not too powerful, not too weak, and they were abundant in the mid-late 24th Century. Just right.

Excelsior. It's a proven design, and it's got a certain classical appeal.

Will the ship be uprated in any way?

Go with an oberth.

In a nutshell, there's only four senior officers on the ship, the captain, XO, CMO, chief engineer. The rest of the ship is crewed by cadets. The whole point is to give them an idea of what'll be like to serve on a ship.

darthdavid wrote:Go with an oberth.

And just how do you expect an Oberth to defend itself against a Jem'Hadar attack ship?

Lord Pounder wrote:

darthdavid wrote:Go with an oberth.

And just how do you expect an Oberth to defend itself against a Jem'Hadar attack ship?

Isn't it obvious? The Jem'Hadar take one look at an Oberth trying to attacking them and burst into laughter. Then one of the Jemmies on the bridge accidently hits the self destruct button and boom.

I say SABER-class. They are somewhat samll but can defend themselves.

1/3 of a Promtehteus Class ship, with the other 2/3 destroyed. This swould also explain why its mostly inexperienced crewmembers on the ship.

In a nutshell, there's only four senior officers on the ship, the captain, XO, CMO, chief engineer. The rest of the ship is crewed by cadets. The whole point is to give them an idea of what'll be like to serve on a ship.

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I think the premise is faulty, if you where sending them to see how it is to serve on a ship you would send them to a ship that is actually working. If they are good enough to work a ship all by themselves then thats what they should be doing. if they aren't why have them all in the one place.

Use technobable and character sheilds to let the oberth win the battle with a jem hadar attack ship. If bitch and bastard read it they'll hire you to write on enterprise.