I was casually capturing some images of the Yamaguchi (DS9 Emissary footage) when the image of this peculiar ship perplexed me again. Not sure why I ignored it before, but it could be a candidate for the Gage I suppose.
Inverted:
I posed the question to Bernd and he recalled a consensus from some time ago that decided on this being the Melbourne. But judging by the status of the Melbourne seen some time earlier, I query that:
So could this ship be the Gage? To me it resembles a Constellation saucer, but recalling Legato's statement that he believed the Gage comprised of 'probably' Reliant parts doesn't necessarily cloud the issue, for a Constellation model could definitely be another candidate for the template used for any Gage model. One was most certainly made at some point, but the footage from what we know was cut.
If it isn't the Gage, or a regular Constellation or Miranda, what could it be? The other known ships of this battle sequence (a Nebula, Excelsior, Ambassador and Oberth) don't to me resemble this artefact.
Posted by Spike (Member # 322) on :
It's the Melbourne. Not the Excelsior-class but the Nebula-class Melbourne.
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
The first one is the Nebula-Melbourne, the second ship the Excelisior-Melbourne. Look at the saucer. Allthough it looked like the wreck hit the cube this seems to be the Melbourne-wreck. Either still supposed to be the USS Melbourne or any other Excelsior-class ship. Maybe the Roosevelt. (Or was that supposed to be a Miranda?)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
In your inverted picture, you can see the two mini-nacelles at the upper-right end of the ship. Definitely the TBoBW Melbourne.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
God, I remember that piece of wreckage from. . . years ago. I remember winding people up by saying how much it looks like the underside of an Intrepid saucer. 8)
Posted by newark (Member # 888) on :
The USS Gage came later. She was in the battle group lead by the USS Kyushu.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
Yeah, says you...
Posted by newark (Member # 888) on :
Says the Star Trek website. Says the official Starlog summary of the episode. And, most likely, says a draft of the script. So, FG, I am not speaking out of my ass.
Posted by Futurama Guy (Member # 968) on :
Fine then, if thats the case, then everything that was seen in the "Emissary" was the second wave...including the Melbourne and Saratoga...so it says the Star Trek website...
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Well I suppose the Melbourne is possible with the presence of what could be those two small nacelles, but I don't see much of a resemblance to a Nebula Saucer here. The saucer seems improperly stretched along the Z axis, not the X, and there seems to be the existence of many unfamiliar hull protrusions, particularly the bridge module, and other various greeblies.
It almost looks as though those 'Melbourne nacelles' aren't even attached to this saucer, as if they lie some way behind it.
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
Compare the saucer damage of that vessel to this one and you'll see that they are identical.
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(Or was that supposed to be a Miranda?)