In addition to slight errors addressed elsewhere, I noticed that in SRM1, the standard Jem'Hadar fighter is named as Dominion Attack Ship. I'm under the impression that the "official" name is Dominion Warship.
As far as I was aware the Dominion 'bug' ship had always been the Dominion Attack Ship.
On similar lines, the Dominion Warship was the far larger vessel that Weyoun used as a Command ship during the Dominion assault of DS9.
Lastly was the huge Dominion Battleship that the USS Valiant went up against and lost...
Theres probably room for a few more, and Im sure Steves fevered imagination is probably filling a notebook for a future Dominion SRM outside of anything we will see in the Dominion War Sourcebook... But until then, the floor is ours...
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Dan.
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[This message has been edited by Dan Gurden (edited 01-15-2001).]
However talking about the Jem'Hadar attack ships classifications, made me think, and I am not sure if there is perhaps an error...
Steve, in the DS9 episode 'The Ship', they find a crashed 'bug' ship inverted, and one of the crew makes an incidental comment about the boarding ramp on the ships belly to which the response was about off-loading troops rapidly or something of the kind.
Considering this, shouldn't the ship be atmospheric capable to allow the small vessels to transport troops down to a planets surface to be offloaded via this dorsal ramp?
That is a noteworthy point. Perhaps it should be. OTOH maybe it's just for on- and off-loading troops on the flight deck of a Jem'Hadar Carrier (one of those products of my fevered imagination which you'll see in the DWS ). I'll have to review that episode and consider the question.
Another thing I noticed about the Dominion bugship stats. They note that the ship has only quarters for accommodating Vortas or Founders as Jem'Hadar themselves don't sleep etc.
This sounds pretty strange as the small ship has usually only one Vorta per ship (as seen in "Rocks and Shoals" for example). But in "Favor the Bold" Sisko & co. seemed to have each quarters of their own (Bashir noted about storing medical supplies in his quarters in the absence of a sickbay). So even if the ship has capacity for a few passengers, it still wouldn't explain how the DS9 crew accommodated themselves. I can think of two explanations:
1. The attack ship has a rather large passenger capacity. This should be factored into the total SU cost.
OR
2. The Jem'Hadar DO have some sort living quarters. Though probably are rather simple (Spartan), they do have quarters that should also probably factored into the SU cost.
OR
3. Starfleet converted the ship's cargo bays as temporary living quarters. Probably no more than a bedroll on the floor. Even less hospitable than Spartan but adequate for a really short-term mission. SU cost is therefore already factored into the cargo space.
Just some points that came up while I thought about it.
Maybe they are large barrack rooms for a squad or two of Jem'Hadar troops. This would go well with the loading ramp.
So Sisko and crew just took 1of these rooms each for senior crew or a little doubling up!
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Slight nitpick
). I'll have to review that episode and consider the question.
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