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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [QB] Well for starters, the ship in "Data's Day" was the Zhukov, not the Excalibur. That ship showed up in the fifth season opener as stock footage from "Yesterday's Enterprise". The Ambassador-class model put in an appearance in that episode as well, though it probably was still labeled Zhukov. The model was subsequently relabeled as Yamaguchi for "Emissary", and not seen after that. As I've stated in previous Amby threads, I've always beleived that these ships were produced in limited numbers as the true explorers of their day. Inasmuch as there were only twelve-ish Connies in that day, and six-ish Galaxies in TNG, there wouldn't have been many Ambassadors made. Only a handful at most, possibly in two production runs (explaining the 1xxxx and 26xxx reg numbers). As for why we rarely see them, I take it to mean that their principal duty as explorers mean that they're out in the far reaches doing just that. The rare sight of an Amby in TNG is the exception to the rule of deep space explorers out exploring deep space. They will have naturally been superceded by the Galaxy and possibly Sovereign classes, and what few that are left are either out there or decommissioned. Considering that they may have been Starfleet's big card ship for up to 50 YEARS, it's quite a legacy to leave! Mark [/QB][/QUOTE]
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