>There's also another factor in favor of the Type II that's rarely
>brought up in the literature, for the simple reason that most
>publicized materials focus on humanoid-crewed ships:
>
>The 'dustbuster' form factor is a lot friendlier to nonhumanoid
>manipulation apparatus.

Well, yeah, but nobody on Star Trek has that, so the point is a bit moot. :)

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