"Well, Warbirds are designed as a warship, Captain," Samuel explained, "though the name makes it obvious.  I would question the competency of a crew of a warship that gets beaten by a science vessel - though the most obvious explanation would be a vast difference in crew skill levels."<br/><br/>Airik bringing up the McNair's technology sparked something in the Commander's head.  "Captain, that reminds me.  We aren't going to want Romulans, or whoever, to get access to the tech aboard this ship.  And if we do use some of our surprises, the enemy is going to want to board us to take a look at the guts of the ship.  Which brings me to the following."<br/><br/>He held up a hand, his soldier's mentality kicking in.  "The security teams are obviously well-trained in the usage of shipboard weaponry to repel boarders - phasers and compression rifles.  But what about the rest of the crew?  I think we need to start having regular practice sessions for at least some of the non-security crew to improve their usage of said weapons.  If we can do that, then we can use our security officers as team leaders, and thereby make more effective usage of them - a tactic I learned during the Dominion War."