I imagine that would raise some eyebrows when it came across in the budget: "Wait, you're building a *navy*. An actual float-on-the-water navy, with graviton deflectors and enough firepower to slag a Galaxy-class starship? What kind of arbitrary silliness is this?"

>This is more credible for some than others.
>Hyūga, for instance, would fit in as a member of the general
>public in a way that calls to mind Indy's much-reffed-around-here rant
>in Last Crusade about Brody. "Uh... does anyone here speak
>English? Or even ancient Greek." :)

I imagine Hyuuga would fit in quite well- she'd be the 25th century equivalent of the crazy woman who lives on the edge of a village that everybody thinks is a witch. (I still maintain she's going for obfuscating craziness rather than simple rampant lunacy, or possibly none of the Fog cap ships are right in the head to begin with).

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."