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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Mim: Not since FJ. Read "The Making of Star Trek" again. Gene and Matt both consider(ed) 'Starship' to be synonymous with 'Heavy Cruiser'. Thus, I have no problem applying the "Starship class" monicker to vessels of other [i]design[/i] classes (that is, at the time of TOS, you could have the [i]Constitution[/i] Starship class and the [i]Baton Rouge[/i] Starship class serving side-by-side). The fact that Kirk is unsure of applying the "Scout class" designation to the [i]Grissom[/i] does not refute the validity of the term, else why would 1) Chekov use it, or 2) Kirk respond to it with anything other than "What the hell are you talking about, Pavel?"... Since later source material leads us to the conclusion that Scouts are armed reconnaisance vessels ([i]Hermes[/i], [i]Talon[/i], and possibly [i]Intrepid[/i] classes, et al), while the [i]Oberth[/i]s are Surveyors -- smaller and unarmed (or lightly armed later on, as with the [i]Nova[/i]s). If Kirk knew the [i]Grissom[/i] was a Surveyor, but Chekov spotted something of comparable size (ish), but with a higher power utilization curve and reported a Scout, would that not cause the good Admiral some consternation...? --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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