quote:Originally posted by TSN: 1701-AA, perhaps. Of the new show "Star Trek: 12 Steps".
Heh.
Seriously, though... That might be what the 29th Century NCV prefix is for. As NCC registry numbers get so huge and suffix letters get close to Z, Starfleet does a "reboot."
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quote:Originally posted by leuckinc: Spoilers? $$ $$ $$
Enterprise - J? You think they would come up with a better name. J? Thats sad. But it does leave room for the other ships.
HEY, what's wrong with J... J's a great letter. You take back your insensitive remarks
Now, back to the story... the picture looks like a historical image of the saucer for a Galaxy Class starship--- why make a big deal of it?
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Because it has a freakishly skinny secondary hull.
Anyway, the future Enterprise is actually supposed to turn up in "E2", unless the E-J is involved in the upcoming "Azati Prime" arc, in which case it could appear in multiple episodes.
Some alphanumeric systems don't use I (or O) because they look too much like the numeral. e.g. UK car number plates use a letter to indicate the year of issue, but skip I and O; (and use Q for other purposes).
So maybe Starfleet jumped straight from 1701-H to 1701-J to avoid confusion with the (Ambassador class?) NCC-17011.
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quote:Originally posted by Identity Crisis: Tangential - Did they use I or not?
Some alphanumeric systems don't use I (or O) because they look too much like the numeral. e.g. UK car number plates use a letter to indicate the year of issue, but skip I and O; (and use Q for other purposes).
So maybe Starfleet jumped straight from 1701-H to 1701-J to avoid confusion with the (Ambassador class?) NCC-17011.
I design parts as a solid model, but occasionally I have to add a 2D section cut or view to help define something. According to our design procedures, we're not to use the letters I, O, Q, S, X, or Z. This group of letters seems to be pretty standard across all engineering disciplines.
quote:Anyway, the future Enterprise is actually supposed to turn up in "E2", unless the E-J is involved in the upcoming "Azati Prime" arc, in which case it could appear in multiple episodes.
No, it's not.
Spoilers: $ $ $ $ $
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ The Enterprise-J is only in "Azati Prime." "E-Squared" also has an Enterprise in it, but it's not the Ent-J.
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quote:Originally posted by Identity Crisis: Some alphanumeric systems don't use I (or O) because they look too much like the numeral. e.g. UK car number plates use a letter to indicate the year of issue, but skip I and O; (and use Q for other purposes).
It's not interesting at all, but...not anymore. We now use the last two digits of the year to indicate, er, year. It's Y2K just waiting to happen again. People will think that 100 year old cars are brand new come 2001, and madness will ensue.
And we didn't use Z either, presumably because it looks a bit like S.
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From the same source I got the Azati Prime spoilers from. I don't want to say more, lest I get accused of uber-spoiling.
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I don't see why "I" would be skipped. The hull would be lettered NCC-1701-I, not NCC-1701I. Granted 1701I may appear in some graphics, but that would be very rare. Same with NCC-1701-O and any other letters that may be confused with numbers or other letters.
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: Because it has a freakishly skinny secondary hull.
I think you're all nuts... it looks like the GCS saucer, with the back side in the foreground, near Archer's back.
That design on the front looks more like part of the panel, not the ship.
My money would be on a GCS saucer, we'll all see when the episode airs.
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quote:Originally posted by Spike: Where'd you get that from?
I saw rumor about the Enterprise encountering another Enterprise is 'E2' on Trekweb. But I was thinking it to be like the instance that Voyager encountered itself in 'Parallax' or the Enterprise-D did itself in 'Time Squared'. Then
I saw these pics...and I don't know what to believe!
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"...or the Enterprise-D did itself in 'Time Squared'."
Or in Parallels, or in Yesterday's Enterprise (sort of), or in All Good Things...
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