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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Stingray: [qb]Take starship design as an algebraic graph. Given the E-nil, we are given one point on the line. From this single point, we know nothing about the line. It can extend in any direction and have any number of values. But add in another value, the Reliant, and we have a basic Algebra II line. Add in a multitude of other points (Galaxy, Excelsior, Nebula, Akira, Intrepid, Sovereign, Ambassador, Constellation, Pheonix) and we eventually get a curved graph. With all these starships as points on a graph, we can make reasonable extrapolations [i]ad infinitum[/i] in either direction as to how starships should look. Of course, we set a domain as a starting point (Pheonix) and ending point (the end of human civilization - Enterprise Z), but between those two points the graph is valid. The problem is that NX-01 does not fit onto this graph in any sense. If this were real science, we would have to explain this discrpency somehow. But if it were real science, there [i]would[/i] be an explanation.[/qb][/QUOTE] The [i]Olympic[/i] doesn't fit your hypothetical graph in any sense. Neither does the [i]Constellation[/i], nor the [i]Steamrunner[/i], nor the [i]Akira[/i] herself. Back to the [i]Olympic[/i], I can hear a response: "The [i]Olympic[/i] takes cues from the [i]Daedalus[/i]." If that's the case, then why can't the [i]Akira[/i] take cues from [i]Enterprise[/i]? Or does it only work when we see the chronologically-first ship first? [i]Enterprise[/i] violates almost everyone's preconceived idea of what a 2150s starship should look like, including my own. It doesn't violate [i]any[/i] canonical description of that era, and has a direct parallel in the [i]Daedalus[/i]/[i]Olympic[/i] lineage. Maybe Starfleet went with a retro theme in the 2350s, and built the [i]Olympic[/i] and [i]Akira[/i] in homage to the [i]Daedalus[/i] and [i]Enterprise[/i]. Maybe there have historically been analogues that haven't made it on screen. We don't know. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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