@crownprincesebastianjohano7069

2 months ago

Every time I see a video on the Galor, I see in most of them the authors making critical errors in assessment, most of which start from very basic flaws in evaluation. There is no standard Galor Class. And from that incorrect foundation follows flawed analysis. Common example: "Gul Macet's Trager was no match for the Enterprise D." Really? Do you think perhaps a German 1936A model Destroyer is inferior to an Iowa Class Battleship? It just might be? Comparing completely different classes of ships, like destroyers to battleships, or attack ships to cruisers, is not useful for evaluation of that ship type much less for a whole fleet. A single-snap shot of one variant of a ship is not informative over the course of decades when numerous changes are made. Using a 1960 model B-52 is not an adequate basis for assessing a modern B-52 any more for than using a Sherman M4A1 as opposed to the Super Shermans of the 1950s. First and foremost, when people refer to the Galor Class, they need to be specific to which Type. The Galor has been around for decades, and by 2367 there had been three primary variants: Types: I-III. By TNG the predominant Galor is the Type II that date from the 2340s on that is a Destroyer, and the much newer Galor Type III, commissioned in 2364, that is a Medium Cruiser. A Galor II is roughly a peer of an Excelsior Class of the 2360s, while the Galor III is more formidable in a different role, far superior to the Type II. Moreover, the Type II and Type IIIs were heavily upgraded during the Dominion War, as demonstrated on-screen when their far increased firepower on their heavy beam cannons capable of matching the Type XI heavy Phasers that can one-shot B'Rel Class BoPs, Jem Hadar Attack Ships, and even Breen Frigates. In Operation Return, Galors even one-shot a Steamrunner and an Akira. The Galors are not the only example of the across-the-board leap in effectiveness in the Cardassian military. The Orbital Weapons Platforms are an example of the mass-production of new classes of Cardassian weapons. Cardassian technology was not the weakness for them: It was the resources to mass-produce their most advanced systems. The Dreadnaught Missile is a great example. State-of-the-Art everything, all homemade Cardassian weapons and defensive systems. But they could only produce small numbers of these. Another example being the Obsidian Order's Keldon Cruisers. The Dominion's help solved the Cardassian's economic issues which in turn allowed the Cardassians to finally mass-produce their most advanced designs, like the OWPs, and made their fleet competitive. Without a competitive Cardassian Fleet the Dominon would never have had the success they had in 2373-2374.

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