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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Triton: [QB] I was curious if the NCC or NX registry number is assigned when construction of the space frame begins, or the starship program is in the research and development stages, or when the starship is actually commissioned and enters service? I noticed from reading through [i]Jane's Fighting Ships[/i] that a fleet penant number is usually assigned to a ship when construction for the ship is approved or ordered, not when a keel is laid, or when the ship is commissioned or enters service. So perhaps before the [i]Nebula[/i]-class [i]Prometheus[/i] was built, Starfleet approved construction of an experimental spaceframe numbered NX-59650, but for some reason the project was discontinued or put on hold before the starship was completed and the project files were sealed or space frame was moth-balled or placed in some sort of storage. Then the [i]Nebula[/i]-class [i]U.S.S. Prometheus[/i] was commissioned, served in Starfleet, and then was lost or decommisioned. Then work on the NX-59650 resumed and was completed so that the craft could start space trials of its experimental frame or systems. When the experimental craft was commissioned, Starfleet Command could have given the starship the name [i]Prometheus[/i] in honor of the [i]Nebula[/i]-class ship that was lost? After reading several volumes of [i]Jane's Fighting Ships[/i] for different years, it appears that some ships may have their names changed several times during construction, but the penant number always remains the same. If memory serves the [i]Nimitz[/i]-class aircraft carrier [i]U.S.S. United States[/i] was renamed to the [i]U.S.S. Ronald Reagan[/i]. Also, this happened with a large Russian aircraft carrier that had its name changed at least three times before it was commissioned, I think the name of the ship now is [i]Admiral Kuznetsov[/i], before it was known as the [i]Tblisi[/i]. This may be one way to come up with a rational explanation for the Okuda/VFX miscommunication regarding the registry number of the[i]Prometheus[/i]-class [i]U.S.S. Prometheus[/i]? Further, this could answer the question of whether a ship with a lower registry number is actually an older ship, for example the 6XXXX region of the [i]Akira[/i] class registries. Although they are considered new ships, it doesn't mean that Starfleet started with a blank sheet of paper or finish work that had been started years earlier. Perhaps you could give the registry number NX-74913 to the [i]Prometheus[/i]-class [i]U.S.S. Garuda[/i], which was mentioned in a Deep Space 9 episode script but never seen on film or mentioned in the filmed dialog? Although canon purists would reject this possible solution, it could be used by role-players to explain the low registry number of the the[i]Prometheus[/i]-class [i]U.S.S. Prometheus[/i] or the low registry numbers of other "new" starships. Comments? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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