In "Yesterday's Enterprise", the crew of the alternate-universe E-D speculated that sending the E-C back to the year 2344 would lead to her valiant destruction, and thus to Klingons considering the Feds a honorable bunch and not starting a 20-year war against them. But this was mere speculation. And while the war was obviously averted and the timeline thus restored to something that roughly approximated "normal", we did not learn in that episode what really happened to the E-C after her return.
Now, it would be inconvenient for the ship to meet Romulans back in 2344 and report on them, when Starfleet apparently had no contact with Romulans between 2311 and 2364. So did the E-C have a chance to report her fate? "Yesterday's Enterprise" does not tell us if she did. "Redemption pt 2" should have more information, but this is a tape I did NOT acquire yesterday and watch sixteen times in the middle of the night . So perhaps somebody could tell if it was EXPLICITLY stated in "Redemption" that the E-C reported back on the Romulan attack (and that Starfleet actually received that report)?
If not, then it is possible that the death of the E-C was a complete mystery to Starfleet at least until 2364, while the Klingons did know the story of her brave end but simply did not tell it to the Feds... This would help preserve continuity. Also, if the fate of the E-C was not known, it would explain why Starfleet didn't name another ship "Enterprise" immediately in 2344 - they might have been waiting for the E-C to return (e.g. from a parallel universe, or from Delta quadrant, or from the distant past).
Timo Saloniemi
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Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. *And*, if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out!
- Commander Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5
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Me: "Why don't you live in Hong Kong?"
Rachel Roberts: "Hong Kong? Nah. Oh, but we can live in China! Yeah, China has great Chinese food!"
(discussion with fellow classmate, 9/5/00)
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"It's like the Star of David or something. But without the whole Judaism thing."
-Frank Gerratana, 17-Aug-2000
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Just a thought...A grain of salt-season to taste-lather, rinse, repeat
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Where's the bathroom on this ship?
Riker and Tasha (Data, too ... maybe Worf) were down on the planet's surface trying to secure the release of Federation citizens, and some sort of sickness was incapacitating the crew aboard the ship?
I seem to think that was the ep ... can't be sure, tho
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HowsaboutdemO's?
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[Bart's looking for his dog.]
Groundskeeper Willy: Yeah, I bought your mutt - and I 'ate 'im! [Bart gasps.] I 'ate 'is little face, I 'ate 'is guts, and I 'ate the way 'e's always barkin'! So I gave 'im to the church.
Bart: Ohhh, I see... you HATE him, so you gave him to the church.
Groundskeeper Willy: Aye. I also 'ate the mess he left on me rug. [Bart stares.] Ya heard me!
Worf sneezing ... LOL
Least I got the episode right
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My roomate is a stupid, often-drunk, country-listening, non-cleaning, non-choring redneck ... kill him now ...
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Where's the bathroom on this ship?
Nevertheless, "The Neutral Zone" sure looked like the first time the Romulans were actually suspected of entering or crossing the Neutral Zone. Earlier incidents like "Angel One" may have been false alarms, with the Romulans approaching their side of the Zone but never actually entering the Zone and breaking the treaty.
A random note re: "Yesterday's Enterprise". Both Tasha Yar and Lt Castillo seem convinced that the alternate E-D could easily defeat the four Romulan warbirds. Tasha also thinks the E-C might have a fighting chance because it is more maneuverable than the Romulans (although this may be wishful thinking). From this, I'd deduce that the Romulan warbirds spoken of were NOT of the later D'eridex class, but of an earlier, weaker design. No matter if the alt-E-D is called a "warship" or "battleship", it still can't be THAT much more powerful than the regular E-D.
Timo Saloniemi
The closest I've seen the E-D come to a good attack was in the pilot and when it tried to break loose from the Borg Cube's tractor beam. And even that was weak compared to Voyager's attacks in "Night" and "Year of Hell Pt. II".
I'd say a modern Ambassador-Refit with new shields, phasers and photons would be better than any Galaxy.
That's my dream-config, actually.
Plus ablatives, quantums, gel-packs and regenerative shielding. Naturally.
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Ready for the action now, Dangerboy
Ready if I'm ready for you, Dangerboy
Ready if I want it now, Dangerboy?
How dare you, dare you, Dangerboy?
How dare you, Dangerboy?
I dare you, dare you, Dangerboy...
�on Flux, "Thanatophobia"
[This message has been edited by Nimrod (edited September 18, 2000).]
The only other time I when the E-D went all-out (it should have been done more often during the show) was in "the Survivors" when they faced that Husnock vessel. Awesome firepower display that was; I just wish they had utilised that potential in every battle scene when it appeared as if the ship was outclassed.
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"Cry havoc and let's slip the dogs of Evil"
[This message has been edited by The_Evil_Lord (edited September 26, 2000).]