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Well, bearing in mind what the359 said about new ships in the com chatter in TMP E, I've gone and listened to it over and over again. I can hear the "Long Range Shuttle Lakia" part. And now I can hear what I guess is "NCC-1715," but I can't hear the "Cruiser Merrimac" part of that message. And also, I think I can hear a reference to a starship Lincoln, as well.
So can we get an audion expert on this and see if he/her can come up with an audio clip that we can hear more clearly?
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I decided to try fiddling with the .mp3, to see if I could remove the music and get at the words a bit better. I had but a little luck . . . the music changes a fair bit over the short duration of the thing, and, with the program I'm using, if I remove too much of the music, I start losing the voice.
What I hear is "Epsilon IX, Epsilon IX, this is long-range shuttle XXXXXXX (sounds like Lincoln, but it could be Lakia pronounced "LAY-kya") . . . . be advised (please advise?), USS Merrimac, NCC-1715, that we are in range. (Gobbledygook . . . more Gobbledygook.) (Male Voice): "Received your transmission"
I'll keep fiddling. See if this helps, or if anyone can do more with it:
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This is what I've been able to reconstruct...
One transmission goes: "Epsilon Nine, Epsilon Nine -- This is long-range shuttle Laika..."
And a couple moments later, another exchange begins: "Be advised -- U.S.S. Merrimac(k), NCC-1715 -- Have started landing mission [ ... ] [power? or hour?], due to problems that will be explained upon our arrival." "Received and understood."
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It's really Laika, not Lakia or Lincoln. Only, Laika is pronounced as "Lay-ka". Laika makes sense anyway, as shuttles are always called after scientists and explorers. Even though Laika is a dog... it was the first living organism in space (Sputnik-2, wasn't it?).
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It's name and registry are from FJ's Star Fleet Technical Manual's list of Constitutions, so basically, yes. But if you want to stay strictly canon, it could be any class.
E, I've gone and listened to it over and over again. I can hear the "Long Range Shuttle Lakia" part. And now I can hear what I guess is "NCC-1715," but I can't hear the "Cruiser Merrimac" part of that message. And also, I think I can hear a reference to a starship Lincoln, as well.
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