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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] I'm all for the USNS analogy, although it should be stressed that the missions of the NAR ships are often even less "military" in nature than those of the regular Starfleet. It shouldn't be thought that NAR ships would be more "military" than yer random merchantman, then. As for that pennant number thing, the USN does stay faithful to a number once it's assigned. The only major recent reshuffling was with the Kidd destroyers, and only because those weren't even supposed to be numbered originally - they were built strictly for export. But other navies change the pennant codes frequently. In the Russian navy, the codes actually used to reflect the assignment of the vessel, rather than her (or his, in Russian) identity. Granted, Starfleet registry numbers supposedly don't change a lot. But perhaps that of the Yamato did? :) Perhaps she was cleared for a glorious suffixed "exploration registry" for a tour of duty outside UFP borders, but that got revoked when she went to RNZ patrol duty. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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