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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dane Simri: [QB] To quote... Flagship: A ship that carries a fleet or squadron commander and bears the commander's flag. (Excerpted from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright � 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V., further reproduction and distribution restricted in accordance with the Copyright Law of the United States. All rights reserved.) The etymology here is this: Admirals are known as "flag officers" because each has a flag which represents him (a military tradition dating back over 2000 years). When he boards a vessel, the vessel's flag is lowered and his is raised; she then becomes the "flag-ship." Therefore the "flagships" destroyed at Wolf-359 or at the Battle of Sector 001 were probably the battle fleet flagships. This would rhyme with Picard's message to the remaining fleet in ST-FC: "This is Captain Picard of the Enterprise. I'm taking command of the fleet." Those who have pointed out the modern-day U.S.S. Constitution as paradigm for this discussion are probably right on the mark. She is a three-masted sailing ship over 150 years old, but for tradition's sake she's still the U.S. Navy flagship. I think it makes sense for Star Fleet to want to preserve tradition by keeping an Enterprise as their flagship. (Oh, and by the way, I HATED the joystick!) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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