Wolf 359
Despite having thousands of starships, losing "only " thirty-nine at the Battle of Wolf 359 seems to have been a big loss to Starfleet. I can only think of two reasons why this is the case.
The first
Starfleet is referring to a "medieval" thirty-nine ships, where "one ship" refers to twenty (as in one knight refers to twenty mounted warriors). In this case Starfleet would have lost 780 ships, out of a possible total of 3400 to 7000.
The second
Starfleet only has around forty to fifty state-of-the-art frontline starships. Therefore, losing thirty-nine to the Borg is a great loss of lives, materiel and morale.
The whole fleet is as large as estimated but mostly consists of much older, relatively outdated vessels.
The fleet as a whole consists of:
Science vessels
Courier ships
Freighters
Cargo vessels
Survey ships and
Transports
Despite having thousands of starships, losing "only " thirty-nine at the Battle of Wolf 359 seems to have been a big loss to Starfleet. I can only think of two reasons why this is the case.
The first
Starfleet is referring to a "medieval" thirty-nine ships, where "one ship" refers to twenty (as in one knight refers to twenty mounted warriors). In this case Starfleet would have lost 780 ships, out of a possible total of 3400 to 7000.
The second
Starfleet only has around forty to fifty state-of-the-art frontline starships. Therefore, losing thirty-nine to the Borg is a great loss of lives, materiel and morale.
The whole fleet is as large as estimated but mostly consists of much older, relatively outdated vessels.
The fleet as a whole consists of:
Science vessels
Courier ships
Freighters
Cargo vessels
Survey ships and
Transports
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