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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Boris: [QB] "Wondering out loud, do we know that the NCC-1701 was the first ship to be refit to look like that? Is there anything to say that there weren't Connies built in, say, 2270 that looked like that?" From memory: "We've just spent 18 months *redesigning* and refitting the Enterprise" "The engines haven't even been tested at warp power." Plus, the Enterprise-class label in STII. Plus, the fact that ships with seemingly minor variations can change class (Soyuz/Miranda, Danube/Yellowstone). Plus, the fact that like the Yellowstone, the Ent-A had a different warp drive system, and could well have been preceded by the Constitution that first incorporated the new warp-drive system (of course, it could've just as well been something other than warp drive). Okuda's system is too simplistic, inconsistent with both established onscreen facts as well as production realities requiring that the same models represent different classes. Still, even if he names 200 ships Nebula-class, the 201st need not be. Starfleet probably chose the Enterprise, being the most famous Constitution-class ship, for the TMP refit. Then, it might have decided to honor the Constitution likewise (and at the same time reduce some classification confusion that resulted because of its initial move). It's also possible that the Constitution (refit) designation was merely a later policy move because the original Enterprise was technically the same ship even after the refit. However, I'm against ignoring the fact in normal cases, minor differences count as a class distinction, because of aforementioned evidence. Boris [/QB][/QUOTE]
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