>>So, basically, my thoughts are that your scenario is not very likely.
>
>Drat. I had this really cool scene running around my mind of a pack
>of Defiant class ships cloaked stalking the Challenger
>like the German U-Boats stalking the convoys of World War II.
>
>Oh, well, I thought it was a cool idea....

Ditto. And, hey, maybe it could happen... If you were to assume that it was the WDF building the things... They seem more the WDFs style- Built as well as they possibly can be and designed to bank at least most of the marbles on a single weapon/strategy.

What I'd like to see, though, are... Well, in the source material they're called the Yamato class. In SFB/SFC, they're the Federation's standard battleship class.

Screenshots (From ST: Klingon Academy, which used the -exact- -same- technical designs- the SFC models are kinda low res) below.

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screens/0,11105,137913-15,00.html

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screens/0,11105,137913-14,00.html

http://gamespot.com/gamespot/filters/products/screens/0,11105,137913-10,00.html

I think that the camera angles are kinda unflattering, but, there you are. Alas, the WDF doesn't need them and their design motif clashes with Starfleet/Earthforce, so I can't see where they'd fit.

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter