$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ The Bible says that Starfleet has existed for twenty years prior to SS Enterprise NX-01, or 2131. This is an opinion survey. Do you believe that previous starships will a.) have NCC- in their registry? -or- b.) have a differnt combination of letters, say NAR-, in their registry?
My opinion is that, since this is a Earth Starfleet, the answer might be b.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I honestly can't even hazard a guess about the Earth Starfleet ship registration system. The Enterprise Bible says that the Enterprise is a brand new ship with a revolutionary warp drive system capable of awesome exploration, etc. Hence, the NX-01 registry being used to mark a new direction in ship technology.
Assuming the long length of time for ship construction, we shouldn't see another NX/NCC registry (assuming that this is the familiar NX = experimental and NCC = production vessel scheme). Thus, anything before the Enterprise should be using a different registry scheme. NAR? Maybe. UES? Maybe. NCX? Maybe. IOU? Maybe.
Anything's possible except for NX/NCC (see earlier assumption note) for the first couple years of the series.
Posted by NightWing (Member # 4) on :
Is it official the Enterprise starts in the year 2151? For all we know it might start in 2171 or something...
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Yeah, it's official that the Enterprise series is starting in 2151. Rick Berman and Scott Bakula have both confirmed this in the various press releases.