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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [qb] Isn't the Springfield supposed to be NCC-1936 instead of 1963?[/qb][/QUOTE]Not according to the Concordance, which is the only source for these names and numbers that we've ever had, excepting those of the [i]Eagle[/i] and [i]Endeavour[/i] in the Encyclopedia. [i]Springfield[/i] is NCC-1963. [b] [QUOTE]...remember the USS Saratoga NCC-1937 from "The Voyager Home."[/b][/QUOTE]The [i]Saratoga[/i] was NCC-1867. The other number was a typo in the Encyclopedia. Mike Okuda is and has been aware of this, IIRC, as he had the correct number in the Shiplist (which he compiled himself) of the first edition. [QUOTE][b]After thinking about it for a few minutes, I decided to do a graphical analysis of my own -- because I've got a font that's supposed to be nearly identical to the TMP-era computer text. And so here's my submission: <a href="http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/444/operation_retrieve_analysis.gif" target="_new">image</a> I made the frame change rate a little slower for easier analysis. If anyone complains, I can do individual pics of each frame. :p My conclusions: (1) The starship top left approaching Rura Penthe is almost certainly the Eagle, with number NCC-956. (I would've liked it to be NCC-1956, since that would fit easier...) The icon looks like a Constitution-refit. (2) The starship top middle approaching Rura Penthe is [i]probably[/i] the Ahwahnee, but misspelled to omit the first "H". I've tried a few other possible combinations, but this is the only one that seems to fit. (I'm also pretty sure that the "W" matches up quite well.) The icon looks like an Excelsior. (3) The starship top right approaching Rura Penthe was the toughest of the first three. My first guess was that it was the Challenger, but that name is too long, even accounting for the fuzzy nature of this image (and considering that I'm using the same font size for each of the ships' names). It looks most like the name Excelsior itself... though it might also be "Potemkin" (which would raise all sorts of contradictions on its own). The icon looks like an Excelsior. (4) The three starships off to the side in the "list"-like column seem to be headed by a title that says "IN RESERVE." Which makes sense given this is a military ops plan. (5) The top ship in this column is almost certainly the Endeavour. It's too short to be "Constellation" or "Challenger," and too long for "Republic" or "Potemkin." This one is almost certainly a Constitution-refit. (6) The middle ship in the column looks like it's probably the USS Emden. With the number NCC-1856 supplied from elsewhere, this makes perfect sense as a Miranda-class ship (which is what its icon looks like). (7) The bottom ship in the column was the toughest, and I still haven't been satisfied yet. The closest fit I got was "Republic," but even that wasn't quite acceptable. I'm not positive of the icon, but I tend to believe it's a Miranda. [/b][/QUOTE]You seem to have forgotten what I said in my above post, so I'll quote myself to reiterate: [QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: Of these, [b]only the [i]Ahwahnee[/i], [i]Challenger[/i], [i]Eagle[/i], [i]Endeavour[/i], [i]Potemkin[/i], [i]Scovil[/i], and [i]Springfield[/i] are supposed to be on these charts.[/b] The rest were only on a starship mission assignment graphic displayed on the bridge of the [i]Enterprise[/i] in the film.[/QUOTE]I'm a-fearing that the distortion caused by artificially adjusting for perspective may be screwing this analysis up somewhat. At least we can tell which names are the [i]Eagle[/i] and [i]Scovil[/i], since they're SO much shorter compared to all the rest. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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