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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [QB] Well, it gets a little murkier than the current simplistic Okudaic view of TOS/TFS... The original model for "The Cage" had simple raised rectangular panels on the aft endcaps of the nacelles. These were replaced in "Where No Man..." by the often-seen 'grillework' endcaps. So if we want to get really persnicketty, we can claim three distinct pre-TMP [i]Constitution[/i] versions or subclasses. I take a different view. Granted, it's not the most popular around here, but from what I've been able to glean over the years, it's the one that makes the most sense and fits all available facts and behind-the-scenes info. See what you think... The [i]Constitution[/i] class entered service around 2243 or so. The ASDB operates with the Class I Starships/Explorers on a twenty-year review-and-refit schedule, with incremental upgrades during each service layover in starbase. So over each starship's service life, they will receive upgrades to equipment and systems on a widely-varying range of schedules. So, for the [i]Constitution[/i] class, after their first twenty years of operation, I figure none of the ships exactly resembled any of the others, due to the rate of technological progress, and different mission requirements over the years. By 2270, I like to think the [i]Endeavour[/i] refit was proposed, but scrapped on the drawing board due to the introduction of the LN-60 nacelles the Constitution (II) (to use Ships of the Star Fleet terminology) was seen to employ. Indeed, I like to say that picture [i]was[/i] the [i]Constitution[/i] in 2270. About that time, the developments associated with the [i]Constellation[/i] and [i]Decatur/Belknap[/i] classes impelled Starfleet to incorporate them into the [i]Constitution[/i] class, also, as the [i]Excelsior[/i] was taking longer to be realized than originally expected. So the [i]Enterprise[/i] was the first ship refit, and became the new benchmark for other newbuilds and [i]Constitution[/i] refits. At the risk of inflaming the Okuda adherents in here, I stick with Andy's assertion that the refit [i]Enterprise[/i] was the lead ship of a new class. However, with the c.2285 changeover in the registry system and starship classification scheme, all the subclasses were streamlined to simply carry the name of the original class progenitor. So by the time we saw Scotty looking at the blueprints in TUC, it was back to just [i]Constitution[/i] class. I also strongly support Matt Jeffries intended TOS registry system, and (FJ screwups and later fandom dogma aside) purport that that system remained in place until the shift at NCC-2500 around 2285-2290 (at the latest). With that in mind, I include the [i]Merrimac(k)[/i] (NCC-1715) from TMP and the [i]John Muir[/i] (NCC-1732) from TUC in the ranks of the [i]Constitution[/i]s, as well. Make of that what you will. --Jonah [/QB][/QUOTE]
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