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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phelps: [QB] I agree that TMP is the easiest to explain, whatever rationalization we use, and TSN's explanation makes sense because we won't ever see that display again. Let's enhance the discussion with some actual script quotes: "Remember Me" (TNG): CRUSHER: Computer, is there more than one U.S.S. Enterprise? COMPUTER: "This vessel is the fifth starship to bear the name U.S.S. Enterprise." Analysis: Fair enough, it's the fifth "U.S.S. Enterprise". Braga was clever not to use the "U.S.S." prefix. However, the computer *doesn't* confuse United Space Ship with United States Ship. "Relics" (TNG): Scotty asks computer to "show me my old ship". Then he specifies "the Bridge of the Enterprise." COMPUTER: "There have been five Federation ships with that name." Analysis: Again, B+B got out of the trap because there's no Federation yet. However, since the computer couldn't ID Scotty and narrow its answer down to two ships, it would present this same answer to anybody. This indicates that the computer has (or assumes that people want) only the bridges of Federation ships named Enterprise -- an interesting bias, indicating Archer's insignficance. Or maybe the computer couldn't ID Scotty, yet thought it reasonable that nobody with a Scottish accent could live beyond 150, and presented him with the last five ships. :) "Trials and Tribble-ations": After "It's....the Enterprise", we go back to the office, where Dulmer asks: "Be specific Captain. Which Enterprise? There've been five." LUCSLY: Six. SISKO: This was the first Enterprise. Constitution class. Analysis: Why would Dulmer, a relatively smart guy, assume that Sisko had to meet a *Federation* Enterprise? Since they were in space, it could've been Archer's Enterprise, or the circular-warp-drive Enterprise. One simple answer is that in the version of the story he heard, Sisko said "It's....the U.S.S. Enterprise." But since they kept going with "which Enterprise", not "which U.S.S. Enterprise", that seems unlikely, especially for such precise investigators. Also, Sisko says: "This was the first Enterprise.", not "This was the first U.S.S. Enterprise." So Archer's ship isn't an Enterprise? Ok, let's say Sisko was speaking within the "U.S.S." context, although we have no evidence he ever said "U.S.S.". Still, we shouldn't be going through these kind of contorted explanations in a well-written story. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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