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[QUOTE]Originally posted by CaptainMike: [QB] im not sure what the naval procedure is for refitting ships to a different class is, but the Enterprise/Constitution issue seems bizarre compared to the navy in one respect: In the navy, if two vessels are the same type, have a similar tonnage and crew complement, but are fitted with different power systems and weapons thay are usually of different classes. Even ships that, in profile, are almost indistinguishable visually. The new CVNX class which is still being planned is going to be structurally identical to the Nimitz-class, just with different electronics and a smaller crew complement. Some class of carriers are one-of-a-kinds, like the JFK class which is a modified Kitty Hawk. And there were only a handful of the Kitty Hawk-class, which is the Forrestal-class with different tower & elevator configurations, and missiles instead of guns. The Enterprise-class is a one-of a kind too. By these standards of class differences, a Constitution built simply with a) a different bridge tower b) a different torpedo launcher c) a different type of computer core or d) a different cargo/shuttle arrangement would be of a different class. Certainly a ship with a completely different appearance nacelle configuration etc. would be . The Galaxies built with extra phaser banks might be a different class, or the Ambassadors with the saucer-jut and bussard-covers would be a different class, as would the roll-bar-less Mirandas and the E-B type Excelsiors, and the various Nebul� variants. One situation that would make extreme sense would be the Soyuz. BTW, i believe the original intention was for the new refit to be called 'Enterprise'-class.. the first mention of the Enterprise remaining a 'Constitution' after its refit wasnt until 91 when Okuda included it in his graphics for ST:VI, thus making another of his assumptions take on a degree of canon. Probably he was concerned about the Naked Now where they said constitution and it showed the refit-E on the display.. but then again the E-refit still had the old E on its screen in ST:III (presumably labeled as Const. because it was scanned from the Franz J. TM) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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