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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 1571340" data-attributes="member: 710">I guess you`re right that it might have been &quot;underdefended&quot; given the current situation (I only read the spoilers here - in Germany, they haven`t shown the 3rd+ seasons yet).But maybe it just shows the weakness of Earth - they build many freighters, but they have only weak orbital defenses, since they were never threatened by anybody. Now, they slowly begin to build up their fleet, but there are still not enough resources to do it. And probably until the recent events, they still think of enemies as wanting to invade Earth, and in this case, Earth might have a strong, standing army. (As a side note: I always wondered why the Earth Alliance in Babylon 5 was able to build so many ships on such a short notice. 5 years after the Minbari War, they already had hundreds of Omega Class Destroyers, the newest craft of the fleet - and these ships are much bigger than any marine vessel today. Earth did not seem to have that many colonies in B5, at least not as many as the Federation in Startrek)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 1571340, member: 710"] I guess you`re right that it might have been "underdefended" given the current situation (I only read the spoilers here - in Germany, they haven`t shown the 3rd+ seasons yet). But maybe it just shows the weakness of Earth - they build many freighters, but they have only weak orbital defenses, since they were never threatened by anybody. Now, they slowly begin to build up their fleet, but there are still not enough resources to do it. And probably until the recent events, they still think of enemies as wanting to invade Earth, and in this case, Earth might have a strong, standing army. (As a side note: I always wondered why the Earth Alliance in Babylon 5 was able to build so many ships on such a short notice. 5 years after the Minbari War, they already had hundreds of Omega Class Destroyers, the newest craft of the fleet - and these ships are much bigger than any marine vessel today. Earth did not seem to have that many colonies in B5, at least not as many as the Federation in Startrek) [/QUOTE]

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