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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Harry: [qb] It's indeed a bit strange that EVERYONE assumed they were ALL Constitution class ships. But it's too late to do anything about it now. It's become canon.[/qb][/QUOTE]This is the part where we dismiss the Encyclopedia's definitions on that specific instance due to its faulty assumptions. (The same way that we all ignore the part about Romulan warships without warp drive. ;) ) I haven't seen any of the TOS episodes in quite a while, so I may be remembering a few things incorrectly. But I'm going to try to recount the only solid things we know about Constitution-class ships: -- USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 (duh!) -- USS Constitution, NCC-1700 (a perfectly logical assumption) -- USS Constellation, NCC-1017 (the only one we know EVERYTHING about aside from Enterprise) -- USS Defiant, Constitution Class (REG UNKNOWN, UNSEEN) -- USS Excalibur, Constitution Class (REG NOT SEEN - IIRC) -- USS Lexington, Constitution Class (REG NOT SEEN - IIRC) -- USS Hood, Constitution Class (REG NOT SEEN - IIRC) -- USS Potemkin, Constitution Class (REG NOT SEEN - IIRC) -- USS Exeter, Constitution Class (REG NOT SEEN) The above ships are the ones that we've seen on the TV screen directly -- although not always able to read the registry number, IIRC. (I don't remember if the numbers were legible in "The Ultimate Computer" -- I don't think so.) Therefore, the registry numbers are not set in stone. -- USS Republic, NCC-1371 (NEVER SEEN, class possibly unknown) -- USS Intrepid, NCC-1x31 (NEVER SEEN, presumed Constitution, but only because of Spock's line of "430 Vulcans" -- not seen in "Court Martial") -- USS Farragut (NEVER SEEN) -- USS Essex (NEVER SEEN - or mentioned, IIRC) -- USS Yorktown (NEVER SEEN) These ships were mentioned -- and often referred to as "starships" with the connotation in the 1960's being that they were identical to the Enterprise. However, given that from our perspective (and attempting to unify the ill-defined aspects of TOS before it became part of "the franchise") ALL Starfleet ships can be considered "starships," there's nothing definitive about those lines. (IMO) [i]If you want to get REALLY revisionist, I can tell you my wishful theory about the gravitational distortions of the planet killer which distorted the light coming from the Constellation's hull, making it look like its number was NCC-1017 when it's actually NCC-1710![/i] :p [/QB][/QUOTE]
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