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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :

Destroyed in "The Arsenal of Freedom" (c. 2363), the Wambundu-class starship USS Drake, NCC2-0388 was commanded by Captain Paul Rice.

But there's also a USS Drake that arrived on DS9 in 2372 or 3 in "Apocalypse Rising" with damage and wounded crewmen.

Now, the Encyclopaedia 2 has these as being the same ship, which would appear to be impossible. The reason I bring it up, though, is that the fate of the Drake in "TAoF" always seemed rather vague. A wooden holographic projection of its captain doesn't necessarily mean the ship really was destroyed. . . Thoughts?

Posted by Trinculo on :

The holographic projection of Captain Rice used the term is. This indicated to Riker that the ship is still intact.

Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on :

Noooo!

The Wambundu Drake was blown away by one of the drones. The Drake at DS9 is another ship. The Encycloaedia is misdraken.

It also neglects to list the Lollipop...

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

I seem to recall that being an error in the Drake entry...I'll check again later to see what we know about the new Drake.

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Posted by Aethelwer (Member # 36) on :

OK, in the ship list, the Drake attacked by Klingons is Andromeda-class, NCC-70956.

Hey, wait...that number ought to be more fuel for the registry number debate, considering this Drake was launched in late first season TNG at the very least...

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Posted by Trinculo on :

The USS Drake and the USS Equinox share the same last three digits-381.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

And what does that have to do w/ anything? Absolutely nothing! ;-)

Anyway, the Andromeda-class ship may have been sitting half-constructed in a drydock somewhere, and never got launched until after the Drake was destroyed. Therefore, the registry doesn't really conflict w/ anything...

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