The Me262 was a complete, abject failure compared to the Bf109, P-51, Supermarine Spitfire (any Mark,) or almost any other aircraft of WWII as judged by the only criterion that really matters - how much did it contribute. Yay, it had jet engines. Fat lot of good it did. Your original point was that...

You are right speed is just one attribute to be considered when comparing ship classes. My point was that introducing new ship classes is always more difficult than just building more of an existing class so you wouldn't see a new ship class unless it brought it something extra to the table (someth...

And it was a Bajoran station after all. I'm sure there was Bajoran officers that could handle the station just fine on their own -- at least after season 1 when thing on Bajor and the nature of Bajors relationship with the Federation calmed down. I am sure the Bajorans were perfectly capable of &qu...

Why would you design a new class of ship if it wasn't better than the old? Unless you have something better you can continue building an existing design so yes it would be an affront to SF to build a new class of ship that did not offer significant improvements over its current inventory. It's not ...

To add to Graham's point, it's not uncommon for ships' maximum speeds to jump a lot in a short space of time, only to stagnate. Warship top speeds increased from about 15-20 knots if they really pushed it at about 1900 to a bit over 30 knots in the late 30s. They've been stuck there ever since. Unt...

To add to Graham's point, it's not uncommon for ships' maximum speeds to jump a lot in a short space of time, only to stagnate. Warship top speeds increased from about 15-20 knots if they really pushed it at about 1900 to a bit over 30 knots in the late 30s. They've been stuck there ever since. Unt...

I haven't read the whole thread so forgive me if I am just repeating what everyone else has said. In my opinion, they would keep all of the ships that they already had until they could be replaced. I would imagine that they would continue building ships at the fastest rate possible, but would shift...