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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Griffworks: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Phoenix: [qb] [QUOTE]That's what I always thought, but it doesn't seem to fit in with other things. Oh well, I think I'll just give up on TOS and watch some Enterprise episodes :D [/qb][/QUOTE]I think it makes perfect sense, personally. After all, the model that Gene Roddenbarry was copying at the time was the US Navy and standard naval parlance. You didn't name a class of ship after the purpose it served, but the lead ship in the classification. Thus, it should be [i]Constitution[/i] class, if you follow that line of thinking, not [i]Starship[/i]. [QUOTE][qb]My only problem with this (which is what I always assumed it meant) is that it doesn't make any sense. :) USS today stands for United States Ship - i.e. a Ship of the United States. SO what does United Star Ship mean? A Ship from a United Star? A Star Ship that is United? We know that SF is officially the UFP Starfleet. If I was building the first ship of the UFP Starfleet, I'll call it a UFP Starfleet Ship, or USS. In anticipation of replies: I know it's not canon, I know it has never been mentioned in dialogue or on screen - it's just logical. If you don't like what I think, then disagree. Just don't flame me. [/qb][/QUOTE]I think that United StarShip makes perfect sense, obviously. :) H.M.S. stands for "Her/His Majesty's Ship", right? Well, instead of saying "United Federation of Planets StarShip", just shorten it, just as "United States Ship" is shortened from "United States of America Ship", if you think about it. We don't call them "USAS", do we...? ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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