>And, I might add, it would appear that Starfleet does field fighters,
>of a sort: the Peregrine-class appears to be a heavily-armed
>(for its size) single-pilot craft. (Of course, it's still somewhere
>around 60' long, give or take, so it's probably got a transporter,
>head, and sleeping cabin, just like most TNG-era designs.)

Heh. Funny, I should have remembered the Peregrine myself; I have fond memories of "those cool Maquis ships they're fielding." The main reason, I think, that Starfleet fields no fighters isn't because of focus, it's because of the opposition. After all, it's rare that something as big as the Enterprise has been so huge that it's gotten outmaneuvered, so why not make a bigger ship that's better defended?
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