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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] Well, there's nothing to say that the Antares of "Charlie X" doesn't date from the 21st century. Or the 20th, for that matter, or the 17th, if it is of alien manufacture, say, Vulcan. So the ship could be the prototype of the Antares class if one really insists. However, I don't want to think that the Batris and the Xhosa were of the same class. They are completely different in their size, bow structure and detailing. What I want to say is that both the Batris, the Xhosa, the Norkova and various other uses of the model represent one style of shipbuilding, a style that is in use in the UFP and includes the Antares class also in Starfleet use. Much like you could with one look say "oh, that ship is a Djonk, it must be Chinese" or "that's a Daui, must be from some Arabic nation from the Indian Ocean", you can say "oh, that's an Antares-like design, must be UFP" as a first-estimate assessment. The fundamental structure of three cylindrar inboard engines and those typical containers underneath is something shared by a "school of shipbuilding" that sells its products to the UFP and also to foreign nations. I find nothing objectionable in Talarians or Klingons or Cardassians having ships also operated by the UFP. The Soviet Union was full of DC-3 and B-29 planes till the sixties, and the "Made in Germany" warning during WWI was the biggest reason for somebody from Britain or France to buy the quality product. In any case, I trust that there will never be any further data on the Arcos, but something may pop out on the Deneva class in general. In the meantime, I'm quite happy with having Deneva be the original Merchantman, in Starfleet registry and service if need be, but just as possibly in some other registry and service despite what the Encyclopedia suggests. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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