Can someone suggest a good caption for my shiplist for the U.S.S. Cairo? What was its role in "Preemptive Strike" (TNG), etc...? That part's not in the Encyclopedia.
Thanks, -MMoM Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
"Shuttled Admiral Nechayev to the Enterprise-D in late 2370."
Note: We did see stock footage of an Excelsior-class ship in "Pre-emptive Strike," as the ship that delivered Nechayev to the Enterprise. It was never referred to as the Cairo in dialogue, but on Page 471 of the encyclopedia, it lists the Cairo as being in "Pre-emptive Strike." Since we only saw one other Starfleet ship in the episode, the Excelsior-class, we can deduce this was the Cairo. Hope this clears things up, MMoM.
[ February 21, 2002, 18:29: Message edited by: Veers ]
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
I put this together after visiting a few ship sites. Some of it may not be quite accurate, bt I think it is.
The Cairo transported Vice-Admiral Necheyev to the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D in 2370. It was commanded by Capt. Edward Jellico, before (and, I assume, after) he took command of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D. ("Chain of Command"TNG) Later captained by Capt. Leslie Wong.("You Are Cordially Invited"DS9) Disappeared on patrol of the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2374(two weeks before "In the Pale Moonlight"DS9)
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Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
I'd add in "presumed destroyed"...
Mark
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Damn, I like Jellico. He was a bastard, but he was a Starfleet bastard. Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Huh? The skipper of the Cairo when she was lost was Leslie Wong. "Admiral" Jellico was being pestered by Mackenzie Calhoun at the time, according to numerous "New Frontier" novels...
Mark
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
If the name was never spoken in dialogue, should it correctly be pronounced "kigh-row," for the city in Egypt, or "kay-row," for the city in Illinois? The USN had a famous ironclad during the civil war named after the latter. Also is "kigh-row" the correct Arabic pronunciation (for the Egyptian city)?
(Does anybody care?)
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
It was spoken in dialogue in "Chain of Command," IIRC, and sounded the same way I've always pronounced Egypt's largest city.
Posted by nx001a (Member # 291) on :
The U.S.S. Cairo was named for the city in Egypt according to the Encyclopedia. Its the most famous city on Earth with that name anyway.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Why does it have to be destroyed, maybe it was crippled and lost ability to communicate? What if it is on/was on some secret mission. What if it fell through a wormhole!?!
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
are we having a hard time accepted that some starships were destroyed in the Dominion War.. watch 'Interface' and learn that sometimes ships go bye-bye for no reason whatsoever
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
It's definitely the name of the egyptian city. Why sould anyone name the ship for some nearly unknown U.S. village at the edge of nowhere?
Or Bozeman? Or Concord? Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
quote:or Concord
Y'ever heard of the American Revolution?
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
Well, Bozeman and Billings are two cities in Braga's home state of Montana. That's the only reason those names were used. If you want to justify the names in the Star Trek Universe, I'd say that whoever was in charge of naming ships must have been hard up for names. That, or Starfleet has so many ships that they got down to naming them after very obscure Earth cities. I can think up a million better names for ships than those two.
And to my knowledge, there are no current U.S. or other naval vessels with the names "Bozeman" or "Billings."
[ February 22, 2002, 09:13: Message edited by: Dukhat ]
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
Maybe in the 22nd century Bozeman became a center of the new Earth governemnt, and the inventor of the self-sealing stembolt came from Billings.. besides there are MANY current naval ships that have names that i think you name-elitists would thumb your nose at, so get over it
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Well, considering that FC put the first Terran warp ship's launch in Montana, I'd guess either Billings or Bozeman could easily have been the exact location. Maybe one is the site of the launch, and the other is Cochrane's hometown, or something.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
I should also point out that, back in the day, 'Enterprise' was seen as a dumb ship name. Its built its own reputation.
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Well, considering that FC put the first Terran warp ship's launch in Montana, I'd guess either Billings or Bozeman could easily have been the exact location. Maybe one is the site of the launch, and the other is Cochrane's hometown, or something.
The town was Resurrection, Montana. The namesake for the movie. But since Alien 4 (named 'Resurrection') aired some months earlier, the producers changed the title. But I'd assume the name of the town stays the same. Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Interesting... There really is a Resurrection, MT. And it is in "central" Montana, which is where Encyclopedia claims the Phoenix was built (I forget what was actually said in the movie).
But even if that's true, one of the 'B' cities could still be Cochrane's hometown. Maybe the other is Sloane's hometown, or something.
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
I highly doubt Starfleet would name a ship for Sloan's hometown...
...espcially when they didn't even know he existed...
-MMoM Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
*slaps Mim around for a bit with a large trout*
Lily Sloane, duh. Posted by Dat (Member # 302) on :
Lily Sloane...you know, Picard's love interest or friend (depends on how you look at it)...played by Alfre Woodard.
Damn. Sniped by Topher. (been on ebay too long).
[ February 22, 2002, 17:56: Message edited by: Dat ]
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