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Thanks arohk. I remember now many sea faring military vessels do travel alone; I just forgot. I guess modern propaganda just chooses to only show the most decked out fleets of ships we have to offer. But now I do remember that many ships and submarines do go at it alone. So it's starting to...

Battlestar Galactica actually came to mind while I was thinking of the question, but militarily speaking, the Battlestars themselves I believe traveled alone. It wasn't until the war that a bunch of civilian ships tagged along to one war ship.

Why do most all Sci-Fi shows involving space travel focus on one ship? To my knowledge, you would never see just one military ship sailing the seas; they are always accompanied by support ships and such. This seems to be a wise decision as you have safety in numbers. So why, in the sci-fi...