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nx001a
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I was wondering does anyone know what year the new Excalibur ship was commisioned and who is the new captain?

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What? The new Excalibur is a Galaxy Class?
Where did you hear that?

The only one i know is from the Pocket Book Series New Frontier and was destroyed in one of the previous books.

Btw, on the cover of the next Book "Restoration" is the Galaxy Class USS Exeter displayed.

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Actually, the ship on the cover of "Restoration" is the Galaxy Class USS Exalibur NCC-26517-A.

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The registry number would seem to be a six-digit one, so it's obviously one of those stupid letter-suffixed regos. The name, though, seems very short - more like Exeter than like Excalibur. Do you mean you have seen a better magnification than the one at PsiPhi?

Do we know, BTW, if the Exeter Shelby was assigned to is supposed to be a Galaxy class ship? The short spoilers at PsiPhi didn't seem to indicate this. Perhaps the Exeter is another refitted Ambassador, given to Shelby because of her experience in operating a ship of that class?

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Yeah! Stupid letter suffices! Like those damned Enterprises! They should've been taken out of the fleet!

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I do believe there is a non-canon Book reference to a Galaxy-Class Excalibur. I'll have to check my list and see if I included a source.

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Is not there one in the TNG novel 'Crossover'?

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*smacks forehead*

"Restoration" is the latest in the New Frontier series. In the previous book, USS Exalibur was destroyed, so now the crew gets a brand new, Galaxy class USS Excalibur NCC-26517-A. In fact, this book has been out for a while now that I think of it. The name is most definatly listed in the book, not sure about the registry though. But it does say -A on the cover picture...

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Hmm. Isn't PAD a good enough writer to know that only the Enterprises with their stupid TV shows and their stupid captains who save the stupid universe get letter suffixes?

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...and Yamatos that are imitated by weird floating faces in space.

...and timeships from the 29th century.

...and pretty much any ship you care to give a suffix to...

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My question is what has the USS Excalibur done that merits an A to the registry. It not like they saved planet/star system/universe (delete when appropiate).

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Well, who knows - perhaps the ship performed heroic feats before Calhoun assumed command? Or perhaps the preceding Excaliburs combined had amassed enough fame to justify a suffix for the next one? There could have been half a dozen Excaliburs before the Galaxy class one was launched (unless the dedication plaque of the canonical Ambassador-class one said this was only the second ship to bear the name - did we ever see the plaque?).

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Unfortunately, it appears that in novels authors can do just about anything. :-)
The -A appears in a novel called (I think) Saratoga. The novel is about Sisko and DS9 and in the book a new Saratoga is launched with the -A attached to the rego.
Annoying, isn�t it?

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WHAT?!?!!

"Restoration" is OUT?

Then why the *$#@ isn't it at my Waldenbooks?!??

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quote:
The -A appears in a novel called (I think) Saratoga. The novel is about Sisko and DS9 and in the book a new Saratoga is launched with the -A attached to the rego.
Annoying, isn�t it?

This was acceptable IMO. But the Saratoga-Captain in "Saratoga" had another name as the Saratoga-Captain in the novel "Emissary".

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