Grant wrote:
Duncan MacLeod wrote:
Alternately you could leave Kirk as an admiral commanding a squadron, with his old bridge crew as the commanders of the ships making up the squadron.
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A squadron implies they are a straight up miltiary force and not exploritory vessels anymore. |
Regardless of what it implies, it was established in "The Ultimate Computer".
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That's just not Trek. A bunch of ships together in force wouldn't help dramatic storytelling.
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TNG and DS9 did it fairly dramatically.
Justin