Teaos wrote:And in the Battle to retake DS9 the Cardassian portion of the fleet went toe to toe with a massive Federation fleet and held them off until they were over run by the flanking Klingons.
A fleet primarily comprised of ships the same size as the Galor or smaller. Against an Ex it's survivable, and against a Miranda it's clearly superior, but against a Fed heavy they need to hunt in packs to stand any chance.
I hardly count that as a ship. Thats a glorified run about not a front line vessel, you would never put that into fleet maneuvers.
If you're discounting the scout as a front-line ship then you must also discount the BoP - they're about the same size.
The were portrayed as partners and useful but I would never assume they are equal, The Klingons and the Federation seemed much more able, it seemed as though they were only brought in to distract the Dominion.
On the contrary - Sloane considered them to be the Federation's key rival for post-war dominance of the Alpha Quadrant, and one against whom every small advantage would be vital. That's a description of a great power of equal or near-equal strength.
Ah interesting, I though it was more the Germans trying to get the biggest bang for their buck. Build more smaller powerful ships for the same cost as a few Hood style British ships.
Not at all - the Germans always went for the biggest and most powerful ship they could get away with - first the pocket battleships (nominally 10,000 tons, actually a bit bigger), then the
Scharnhorsts (nominally 26,000 tons, actually pushing 35,000), then the
Bismarcks (nominally 35,000 tons, actually over 50,000 at full load).