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[QUOTE]Originally posted by thelastguardian: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [qb] Now figure "Starship Class" into that formula.... [/qb][/QUOTE]Already did, in another thread, here repeated: Just to throw in my two cents (and forgive me if I'm repeating the words of someone else, for I did not read the entire thread)... Since 1966, I always considered the term 'starship' to mean any warp-capable exploratory vessel. Starship Class would mean no more than that, as a broad description of vessel type. In cases where more specificity was needed, rather than saying a vessel was both 'Starship Class' (describing its capability) and 'Constitution Class' (describing its hull design), for the sake of expediency, one simply used the designation 'Constitution Class Starship.' As I understand it, 'U.S.S.' originally was chosen to precede the vessel names because it sounded American, and would be more palatable to the NBC viewing audience. 'United Space Ship' (spoken by Pike) and 'United Star Ship' (spoken by Kirk) were attempts to qualify the designation, awkward though they may have been. 'NCC' was chosen to precede '1701' because 'N' is the designated first fuselage letter for civilian aircraft registered in the United States (as in N6741U, for example), 'C' was chosen by Matt Jeffries for a personal reason I cannot recall, and the final 'C' was added for rhythmic balance. Shane [/QB][/QUOTE]
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