What if Voyager had been a Sovereign-class?

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What if Voyager had been a Sovereign-class?

Post by Praeothmin »

The "What if" thread with the Neb instead of an Intrepid made my wank juices flow, and so I wanted to know how much more of a difference would Voyager's voyage be if it had been a Sovereign-Class, instead of an Intrepid.

Keep in mind though that Janeway is still Captain, and because of the casualties (bigger ship, greater effect on the hull and equal damage?), the Maquis still have to join the crew, and the doctor died as well...
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Hoo boy!

Well, for starters, the Sov is pretty fast, so the trip would be of similar length.

Secondly, the Sov would mop the floor with most of the threats Voy ran into.

Third, they could probably go a lot farther without resupply.

Also, the Maquis crew would've been heavily outnumbered, and never posed any real threat.

Would be fun to see, though!
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Tsu hit it right on the head. Plus, I think the UFP may even have gotten some new members out of it. A large number of the threats that Voy ran into weren't worried about that little Intrepid. Even if it was more advanced then most of them. The Sov would have been a total change up. Starting with the Kazon. They would have run themselves like frenchman after the first ten seconds.

Sov comes in to see the Caretakers array.
See's Kazon ships around the system causing trouble.
Blasts one kazon ship in a single shot.
Kazon turn to face Sov.
Sov blasts two or three more Kazon ships.
Kazon run like bloody hell was upon them!
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The Sov would have made the Kazon mincemeat. Same for the Videans.

And with its character shield the Borg wouldn't be a problem either.
And the torps would not have been an issue early on, nor would shuttles.

And we wouldn't have seen more crewmembers than were on the ship (I think it was like 200 something that we saw, when the capacity was 170 something... I'm probably wrong on the numbers).
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stitch626 wrote:And we wouldn't have seen more crewmembers than were on the ship (I think it was like 200 something that we saw, when the capacity was 170 something... I'm probably wrong on the numbers).
IIRC the references to the crew size throughout the show tended to be around 140.
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Lazar wrote:
stitch626 wrote:And we wouldn't have seen more crewmembers than were on the ship (I think it was like 200 something that we saw, when the capacity was 170 something... I'm probably wrong on the numbers).
IIRC the references to the crew size throughout the show tended to be around 140.
Something like that.

All I know is they had more extras on the ship than there should have been.
And this certainly would not have been a problem on a Sov.

And in the Voids, the Sov would have bean awesome.
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The torpedo quantity would be great, certainly. Would its inability to land pose a problem?
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Like I said in the other thread, while the ship might have an easier time of things, nothing in the Delta quadrant save the Borg would be a match for a Sovereign, the trip wouldn't be any quicker or longer. They'd still be relying on a lucky plot twist to get them home before they were all dead.
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Depending on the damage done to the ship in the crossing they might actually be worse off.

I imagin fixing a Sov would be hell hard compared to an Intrepid.
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Its also a lot harder to damage a Sov.
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More damage maybe, but more spare parts, replicators, and people to fix it. Given a Sovereign's size I think it'd be better off, the greater volume for storage means they'd be able to carry more spares.

Then again spare parts and repairs never seemed to be an issue on Voyager.
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Its harder to damage a Sov in battle, being ripped across the galaxy by the caretaker array would screw with even a Voth city ship on a good day.
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True enough. Though atleast they wouldn't have to run from the Kazon for the first two years.
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The Sov would do briliantly. It has a far larger crew, far greater supply capacity, similar speed and far greater shield and weapon strengths. It would massacre anyone in the DQ stupid enough to try and take it on.
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I think the only species we saw that could take on a Sov would be the Voth, Krenim and maybe a few one offs. Hirogen in a wolf pack maybe.
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