The Ency III entry says: "We speculate it was an older ship that had predated the Nebula-class vessel and had been decommissioned, but was pressed back into service during the Dominion war after the destruction of the Nebula-class ship."
Sounds reasonable, if one insists on the Farragut being the ship from "Chrysalis" which is still not necessary at all.
Going by memory the "Chrysalis" ship was Excelsior-class wasn't it? Why would they decommission an Excelsior in the first place? There seems to be more Excels running around than anything else (that's true of the car, as well ). Anyway, I suppose the ship might have been heavily damaged and they couldn't justify fixing it - until the war.
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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
Maybe this ship was already some 70 years old (with an NCC-2xxx number) when the Nebula-class Farragut was commissioned. Equally old as the Repulse.
That could very well be true. I'd imagine most existing Excels would be far newer and have 4xxxx regos. The old Farragut might have been decommissioned based only on age. It probably had a minor refit before going back in service. It would be interesting to know its actual rego to see if it fits the theory.
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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
I suppose it was the USS Frederickson NCC-42111 once again. I don't think they deliberately chose an Excelsior class but noticed afterwards that it didn't make sense (or more probably: fans told them).
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Posted by jh on :
I gotta get the new ency. dammit.
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
It's still not out locally
Bernd: You're not saying they stuffed up again?
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Of course, since the assignation of the Excelsior class to the Farragut is speculation based upon circumstantial evidence, I'm perfectly willing to ignore the Encyclopedia-2.5 on this one...
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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :
Well, if the people finally do decide that the Farragut that was mentioned is an Excelsior Class, then I wouild agree with it. There are, hopefully, two Federation starships named Lexington out in space, the Nebula Class and the Excelsior Class. It would be possible that Starfleet would name a Nebula Farragut with a different registry number while there was an Excelsior Class Farragut still in service at the same time. I mean, how many starships on do you think on the year of 2373 were named Intrepid? There's the Excelsior Class and the Intrepid Class. How about my earlier arguement, the Lexington? There's the Excelsior and Nebula Class. Why would it be impossible to have ships in service with the same name but different registries and classes?
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Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
If we want to believe in the concurrent existence of Excelsior and Nebula Lexingtons, shouldn't we then also believe that there was only one USS Drake, which got destroyed at Minos, received a registry change and transformed into a different class, and went on soldiering? That is exactly how the Encyclopedia 2 (and presumably 2.5, too) presents the case - there's only one entry for "USS Drake".
If we admit this joint entry is incorrect, then for balance, I suggest that two separate entries be combined in one somewhere else in the book. And I nominate the Lexington case.
Has anybody been able to *see* the supposed "Thine Own Self" Okudagram with the Excelsior Lexington on it?
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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
My comment on the the E III entry about the Farragut is that they are at least trying hard.
Dax: Is "stuff up" Australian slang? Does it mean something like "screw up" here?
Timo: I have to check the entry about the Drake, there should be no change in the E III, unfortunately.
BTW: Welcome to the Forum (one more expert)
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Posted by Dax (Member # 191) on :
Bernd: Indeed, "stuff up" has the same meaning as "screw up". In future I'll try to be more careful with Oz slang
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). Anyway, I suppose the ship might have been heavily damaged and they couldn't justify fixing it - until the war.