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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Phoenix: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by thelastguardian: [qb] I don't remember anything in 'Relics' that can be taken to indicate that the TMP Enterprise was 'Constitution Class.' Seems like Picard mentioned having seen a 'Constitution Class' vessel on display in a museum, but I don't recall if he meant one of the TOS variety or one like the 1701-A. However, 'Relics' does bring up an interesting point.... Shane [/qb][/QUOTE]When Picard looked around at the bridge and made the distinction that it (the TOS bridge) was of a "Constitution Class" and that there was one like it in the Fleet Museum...I think it was quite blunt distinction that he was referring to recreation he was 'aboard' as being the 'Constitution Class' that we were familiar with during TOS. Unless...there were 2 "Constitution Class" vessels...one being the 'old' and the other being the 'new' variant. Maybe, for whatever reason, the "Constitution Class" had a variant (aka the refit model) that was known as the "Enterprise Class". This could be associated with the [i] USS Enterprise[/i] possibly being the first of the old "Constitution Classes" to undergo said refit, and hence, the self named class designation. Perhaps once the remainder of the Constitution fleet was upgraded (or a second generation was built) they reverted back to the familiar "Constitution Class" designation for whatever reason.[/qb][/QUOTE]The most plausible reason seems to me to be that the first ship to be upgraded to the new specs (1701-A as opposed to 1701) was in fact the Constitution, probably for PR reasons. Alternatively, the Constitution NCC-1700 had been destroyed by this point and they built another one, NCC-2050 (or something), to be the first of a new class of which the Yorktown/Enterprise was part. I don't think changing the name of an already built class makes any sense. If I recall correctly, modern navies keep the class name even if the class ship is renamed (Kirov Class had this I think). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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