Timo wrote:
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And as been stated in dialogue that the Defiant carriers a big punch in a small body. Proving that bigger is not better.
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Why would it prove that? The Defiant is good for a small ship, but she's never torn big capital ships a new one, the way the larger hero ships have done. The damage she dishes out on Cardassians cruisers in her titular episode is rather superficial, and she never quite kills a capital ship in any other episode, either. Bigger does seem to be better in that respect.
Although bigger certainly ain't better for survivability in those later battles. But that probably has got more to do with who's a hero and who's not.
Timo Saloniemi |
In the titular episode, Gul Dukat referred to the Defiant as "one of the most heavily armed warships in the quadrant". I know it's irritating from a real world standpoint, but nevertheless the Defiant was portrayed on DS9 as a complete ass kicker. Dialogue like that just confirms it.