>There you go being rational again! Of course all ships carry lots of
>non-essential space that is difficult to defend! What do you think
>future war is like? You don't think they'll be professional do you?
>Of course all the backup systems will be so strong, and so
>indestructible and easy to repair that you can add lots of stupid
>stuff (say like a Holodec) and still be a mean-lean-fighting machine.

Just for the sake of fairness, Federation starships (with the exception of the Defiant class) are not, primarily, warships.

--G.
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