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[QUOTE]Originally posted by targetemployee: [QB] Where is the key to the casuality list? I am reading people's remarks as if they have the key. This chart raises a question. Which has greater canonicity within an episode, the dialogue or the visual display? Another question. Are the script writers and the art department working together or separate? And is the art department having separate departments which work together or work separate? This is the second instance in recent Trek where the visual information doesn't match with the dialogue or other visual information. The first is the issue of the USS Prometheus. Some more question. In "Emissary", the Oberth Class starship has registry of NCC-19002. Many will identify this ship as USS Yosemite. Now, in Star Trek, a physical or CGI model is used for three purposes: 1.) to be the ship mentioned in dialogue or seen with visible name and registry and not contradicted by dialogue or script to be another ship, i.e. U.S.S. Voyager; 2.) to be a ship with known registry and name or characteristics representing another ship, i.e. the USS Defiant II is represented by the USS Defiant I (rf. "What You Leave Behind"); or 3.) to be a ship used as filler for a scene. The scene in "Emissary" where the Oberth Class starship is seen docking with DS9 has a clearly visible registry. Logically, I could argue that this is the USS Yosemite NCC-19002, meeting the criteria for the first purpose. However, the encyclopedia suggested that the ship is the USS Cochrane NCC-59318. This would meet the criteria for the second purpose. Let's resolve this please. For those who have the script for "Emissary" handy, is the Oberth Class starship referred to by name and what is that name? Another thought-an argument against the Oberth Class starship being used in combat. Ever since TOS, the fans have seen a development in technology by the Starfleet to enhance the defensive and offensive capabilities of their starships. These developments have been for the most part reserved to the frontier ships, i.e. Constitution, Galaxy, and Defiant Classes. Advances have included ablative armor, q. torpodoes, and stronger shields. This would indicate a strong desire by Starfleet to preserve lives and minimize casualities. Why would a space organization that values life use lightly shielded and largely unarmed science ships in battle? The only possible answer I could think of is that the Oberth Class starships would be used as freighters, like the USS Biko. How much cargo could the Oberth Class starships carry and would the amount justify use in a combat situation? Another possible answer for the Oberths. The crews of these science ships were transferred to ships used in combat and kept at those posts until war's end. By that time, the crews were transferred back to their posts aboard the Oberths or given assignments aboard newer science ships. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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