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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryan McReynolds: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Woodside Kid: [qb]My favorite from TOS: how can we have a whole ship crewed by Vulcans when Spock is supposed to be the first Vulcan in Starfleet (and therefore, presumably, the highest ranking)?[/qb] [/QUOTE] There is no canon evidence to support the idea that Spock was the first Vulcan in Starfleet, so that's not a problem. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Aban Rune: [qb]None of the classes of the new ships from First Contact were ever identified on screen, even the Akira. But they have been so well documented by the creators, it's hard not to say that they are cannon.[/qb] ([i]sic.[/i]) [/QUOTE] This belies the most common misconception: that [i]canon[/i] means [i]accurate[/i]. It is very easy to say that the names of [i]Akira[/i] and friends aren't canon, [i]because they aren't[/i]. Canon is [i]defined[/i] as that which is contained in aired episodes and films. However, this in no way means that the class name [i]Akira[/i] isn't correct... it simply isn't canon. To use another example, the idea that [i]phaser[/i] stands for "phased energy rectification" isn't canon, but it can (and for all intents and purposes, is) still be true. The corrolary to this is that if, in [i]Star Trek X[/i], an [i]Akira[/i]-class ship is called [i]Invincible[/i]-class, it isn't at all a contradiction of canon, even if it is an accident. Canonically, the ship would be [i]Invincible[/i] class. Incidentally, this has allegedly happened before. Some of those involved with the visual effects for [i]Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan[/i] named the [i]Reliant[/i]'s design the [i]Avenger[/i] class. For that reason, nearly everyone called it the [i]Avenger[/i] class for a solid decade, and then Okuda came up with [i]Miranda[/i] for the [i]TNG Tech Manual[/i]. The name [i]Avenger[/i], if fan lore is accurate, is just as reliable as [i]Akira[/i], but it isn't canon. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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