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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message: HTML is enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Just to clear things up: There are TWO Excelsior stock shots we see throughout TNG: 1. USS Hood, NCC-42296. First seen in "Encounter at Farpoint", then afterwards as the Fearless in "Where No One Has Gone Before" and the Cairo in "Chain of Command", among appearances. The shot is a travelling shot with the Excelsior model on the STARBOARD side of the Enterprise, then it peels off and vanishes into the top of the screen as the camera follows the Enterprise from left to right. I'm fairly certain that this model is indeed marked as NCC-42296. 2. USS Repulse, NCC-2544. First seen in "The Child", and subsequently as the Potempkin in "Ethics", Admiral Hanson's flagship in "Best of Both Worlds", the Crazy Horse in "The Pegasus", etc. Contrary to the previous post, it *is* a travelling shot, following both the Enterprise and the Excelsior model from left to right - the Excelsior is first seen in an almost dead-on side elevation, and by the end of the shot we usually see the aft undercut. You can pick this shot out easily as it tends to be much more blue than the first shot, and the ship is travelling on the E-D's low PORT side. In its original appearance, this shot was complemented with another one seeing the Repulse's secondary hull and nacelles through the doors of the E-D's Shuttlebay Two. Interestingly enough, on at least one occasion we've seen the show use BOTH shots to represent the same ship: one for when someone's beaming aboard, and the other for when the ship leaves. For this to be correct, the Excelsior class ship would have to be travelling in a parallel course, then for some reason switch to the other side of the Enterprise, travel along there for a while, and THEN leave. What's up with that? Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]

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