For 12 to be a rare number, there needs be a great number of other vessels. In Tomorrow is Yesterday (TOS): Kirk claims there's a dozen of ships like the Enterprise in the fleet, and says this proudly (which would speak to the ship's rarity).
So now, getting into the nitty-gritty, I am reinterpreting this source. So a loss of 40 ships could leave Starfleet stretched thin (especially if they predominantly lost capital-ships), and there could still be 10,000 starfleet vessels in total. Second - the Federation is massive, to the point where it can take weeks at standard Warp 6 to go from one location to another (though how long it takes exactly appears to change from time to time in the series). If you count runabouts as starships, for example, the number will be much higher than otherwise. Science, long range, short range, patrol, expedition, war, transport, freighter, when we talk about number we have to keep in mind that what we think of as the quintessential starship (a Galaxy-class or other capital-class-level explorer) is at the high end of rarity within Starfleet.
There are some important distinctions that must be made when discussing just the number of starships, as well as statements such as being "stretched thin."įirst - there are different types of starships. Disclaimers: I don't recall Picard's "100 vessels" quote in First Contact but I think that's a gross underestimation.
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