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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sirmaniac: [QB] Good, I was hoping no one would try to "rip me a new one." Sorry Bernd, I meant Dan Curry--not Doug Drexler. In the initial construction of the ships for the episode, artistic license ruled over technical accuracy, hence the out-of-scale parts. The F/X people said "Sure, the nacelle is supposed to be this long, but it would look better if we extended it to this length. Thanks TSN for looking over the Curry again (I know I'm keeping the Manual right here beside me for reference, hopefully fewer mistakes this way. Looking at the Manual, the Centaur's information only says EXCELSIOR-CLASS STARSHIP VARIANT. Thanks to the fact Miranda wasn't mentioned, Centaur's roll bar may be a custom assembly or from another class. I've been trying to support my opinion (for it is an opinion, nothing more, and I feel the Technical Consultant and author of the TNGTM deserves an advocate) without too much extra, so I came up with an entirely different argument (yes, I'm a tad anal, but I am just trying to answer the question to the best of my ability). It is higly unlikely the Wambundu-class starship (or any other class metioned above) will ever be matched with a picture, so fan designers whip out your pencils and start drawing. However, it's highly LIKELY that the Centaur will be included in the updated Trade Paper Back Encyclopedia that will come out as early as May. Since Okuda only has to come up with a class (given the Technical Manual's explanation, he is most likely to say *Centaur), it's a good bet he will inlcude some class label (unless he doesn't give us class and registry information for the new, Sixth- and Seventh-season ships, then we rip him a new one), but he will keep in mind the Technical Manual. So, as recently as May, we will probably have to go out of our way to take the class designation away from a "non-canon" starship if we want to name it "Wambundu" instead. So, even if the Encyclopedia doesn't reference the yard bash thing (our biggest disagreement), Okuda will still think of this explanation when he names the ship's class, so the name won't match any class we've seen previously. * Yes, regarding the naming of these yard bashes, the Manual says "Some temporary designations for surviving vessels have passed through the formal review process since the operation and may be added to the official ship inventory." Given the above, and the fact that Centaur was probably the only ship with that arrangement, it will probably have Centaur-class attached to it. If you ask me, Sternbach was writing this book so soon after the episodes were aired, the producers hadn't given the okay to class designations and registries. Sternbach looked at some obvious kitbashes, and worked a theory about reclaimed hulls. Anyway, I'm probably done now. I doubt I'll do any more on this thread than lurk to see people tie it up. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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