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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] [QUOTE] I don't know... I find the idea of the Excelsior taking twenty years to construct a little hard to swallow. Granted, R&D on the transwarp would have been going on for years, but the actual construction? Consider: with all the changes, internal and external, the "refit" of the TOS Enterprise is closer to constructing a new vessel (I doubt very much more than a few structural members were retained, given the differences). Yet this major reworking was concluded in eighteen months. Constructing the E-D, a far larger and more complex vessel, only took twelve years. So what were the yard crews building the Excelsior doing for all that time? Taking REALLY long coffee breaks? [/QUOTE]Well, there's always the possibility of major structural changes; Starfleet could have been running sims alongside the constructuon but underestimated the changes they'd have to make. Or else the reg number was assigned and then the project was delayed or a major rethink was needed. Just because construction started at a particular time doesn't necessarily mean it was continuous or even on the same design. Starfleet is allowed to make mistakes. [QUOTE]The visual impression (and intent) of the movies is to assume that the day of the Connie era is not yet over. [/QUOTE]That's what I like to hear :D . [QUOTE] While of course there's plenty of time for Excelsior derived ships following 2300 [/QUOTE]Centaur, Medusa... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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