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Nah, armour's bloody useful for things like shrapnel, that other great danger of the battlefield.

The fundamental weakness of Starfleet, as has been elaborated on here, is doctrinal. It is a fleet devoted to exploration, diplomacy, science, and peacekeeping. The Galaxy class for example is less a battleship and more a flying embassy with a warp core and phaser banks. Thus their away teams...

I was about to mention that. Including special forces might not be the best idea when the UNSC are packing Spartans and ODSTs.

Starfleet is too peace loving for its own good. They don't even have a dedicated Marine Corps. That aside, given the pre-eminence of star ships, the art of ground warfare seems somewhat lost to them.