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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6142733" data-attributes="member: 177">Miranda-class starships are from an age where starships could go for a couple of years of normal operation (including combat) without refueling.  So, if you want refueling to be an issue, you probably need to state up front that their ships are short on gas.  And any Trek fan should be able to think of the "Bussard ramjet" trick to suck hydrogen out of interstellar space for fuel (since that appears in canon).Not as much more powerful as you may think, at least by canon.In TOS episode "The Tholian Web", a Kirk-era Constitution class warship disappears, apparently destroyed.  In the ST:Enterprise episode "In a Mirror Darkly", that ship appears in the Mirror Universe, is stolen from the Tholians by Captain Archer, who is then poisoned by his communications officer (Hoshi Sato), who intends to use it to take over the Terran Empire.  The program does not say whether she succeeds.  This all transpires in January 2155.So, for a while, the PCs are flying around broken, but badassed, ships.  But, eventually, there's the Defiant to consider...Now, Miranda-class vessels are maybe 35 years ahead of the Constitution-class in terms of tech.  But they are only science/supply vessels, while the Constitution is a heavy cruiser, specifically designed for big fights.  If the PCs aren't in fighting trim, and the Defiant is, they probably don't stand much of a chance, toe-to-toe.This also opens up the possibility for the PCs to be walking into Sato's campain to take over the Empire...</blockquote>

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