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Was browsing through the newest Star Trek: Communicator magazine, & found some interesting info.
First, in an Enterprise article describing each of the scenes of the opening credits, the warp ship with the rocket engines is referred to as a "lunar orbiter plane."
And second (& more interesting, IMHO) is a pic of the original painting of the "ring-ship" Enterprise seen in TMP. Surprisingly, the inside of the rear ring reads "U.S.S. Enterprise," not "S.S." as was previously believed. Written on the inside of the front ring is a registry number of "XCV-330."
Sorry, no scans.
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Now that "USS Enterprise XCV-330" may cause problems...many problems. Unless the "USS" stands for something different than the Fed Starfleet "USS". Breaking with studio info, I'd say this is pre-pre-E-nil. Meaning this comes before Archer's Enterprise. Perhaps this ship belongs to the USN and is before the founding of Earth Starfleet.
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Maybe the name of the ship is "U.S.S. Enterprise" and not "Enterprise" with a U.S.S. prefix. Remember, the ring-Enterprise is supposed to be some kind of spaceliner according to lore, meaning it wouldn't be a military vessel, and therefore wouldn't need a prefix. The ship could be named after the Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Enterprise, and whichever private company was naming their spaceliner fleet thought it would be a good name for it.
The registry would merely be one to help classify the vessel easier, since privatly owned ships have a habit of changing their names quite often. The registry would never change, therefore it'd be easier to keep track of.
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I agree that the 'ring-ship' Enterprise is older than the NX-01. According to the Making of ST:TMP, the ship was constructed and launched in the early 21st century (no exact year was given), and the first sublight ship to make it to Alpha Centauri (the star, that is ). I'd say that this info carries substantial weight, perhaps even 'canon-until-contradicted'.
I speculate that the USS denotes a United States-built ship. But overall, I'm not sure how seriously I should take info from the Communicator.
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I swear, they should've fudged the background in that TMP scene and snuck in the NX-01 on that display case instead of the ring ship -- that would make things so much easier...
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For someone living way off, what issue of communicator?
Also, must....have....big....scans....
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Of course there will be a mention of an 'USS Enterprise, NX class" in the movie. We'll also see perhaps a model of her in the Enterprise case somewhere.
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quote:Originally posted by Matrix: Of course there will be a mention of an 'USS Enterprise, NX class" in the movie. We'll also see perhaps a model of her in the Enterprise case somewhere.
Sure, leave it to Picard and company to screw up the name as it's never been referred to as "USS Enterprise".
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It would violate continuity in a weird way. Yes, it acknowledges ENT, but it disregards all those years of TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY where noone talked about the NX-01.
quote:Originally posted by Harry: It would violate continuity in a weird way. Yes, it acknowledges ENT, but it disregards all those years of TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY where noone talked about the NX-01.
Feels like Berman and Braga just walked over my grave.
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quote:Originally posted by Harry: It would violate continuity in a weird way. Yes, it acknowledges ENT, but it disregards all those years of TOS, TNG, DS9 and VOY where noone talked about the NX-01.
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