Re: Fighter!

> Re: Fighter!
>
> >        The Gem-hadar ships far far to large are heavily armed to be
> >        considered fighters.  I true fighter is a 1-3 man (crewed for you
> >        PC police<g> designed to operate from a base (ship, planet,
> >        starnase ect) for short duration missions.
> >        Although the exact size of these ships has been left somewhat
> >        vague; in combat sences with the Defient, theu are shown to be no
> >        less the half the size of the Defient(and considable larger then
> >        a runabout). The Gem-hadar ships would be better clasified as a
> >        Destroyer, or Gunboat.
> I really don't think you can base what a fighter is on size or how it is
> armed (A modern fighter is as big as a WWII bomber and much more powerful).
> You are right about a fighter being based somewhere.  I don't know if the
> Gem-hadar were based anywhere.


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I can think of at least two possible citation from TNG that would support
the claim that the Federation does indeed use small onperson fighter type
craft on at least in-syst missions.  The TNG episode (I don't recall the
title), wherein Wesley Crusher faces a cadet review board investigating the
death of a fellow cadet, the plot revolved around a training mission
conducted in single-seat craft.  Although technically not "fighters" these
co�uld be the equivalent of our T-38 jet trainer (Also used by NASA as
chase planes & astronaut transportation) which is a non-combat version of
the F-5.

Iaddition, in the visual showing the Borg cubeship passinMars incoming
to earth in the season two-parter (Geez, I guess I flunk for not knowing
THIS episode title either!), two small fighter-type craft (at least that's
how they appeared) are destroyed.  Although these may have been automated
(it is never ecified), they could certainly be of a similar design as
the above citation.

Clearly the Jem-Hadar, The Defiant and even the Maquis ships we've seen
up to now are considerably larger than single-seaters.  Therefore it does
not appear correct usage to refer to them as "fighters."  Actually I would
prefer a more naval-like classification such as Patrol/Attack craft.