>Given this thing is a carrier, I suspect it likely has a much higher
>shield rating than armor rating-- carriers, after all, are supposed to
>use their mobility to avoid getting into fights with tougher, more
>heavily armed belligerents.

In the 25th century that would be kind of a silly way to design a carrier, actually, given that they can't launch or recover fighters with their shields up.

--G.
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