>Spacefolds aside, there anything Challenger can't do? ;) Well, let's see. Off the top of my head, there's making a successful entry into a gravity well, operating as a surface navy vessel, carrying more than a token quantity of small craft (all of which Prometheus can do), properly deploying an orbital assault force, infiltrating - pretty much anywhere... she didn't do all that well at taking on a third of Starfleet with only moderate support... no Omega-class weapon (in fact, now that I think of it, no vessel in the IPSF fleet has an Omega-class weapon, and that may be on purpose)... she'd be very unlikely to make it to another galaxy without outside help...
Quite a bit, actually.
Anyway, the hyperdrive is mainly there as an emergency system; its primary usefulness is in the event of a metaspace navigation failure. I certainly wouldn't consider it a strategic capability. It's like those little emergency slipstream turbines jetliners have so the cockpit lights will stay on if the generator fails. :)
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