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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Well, I'm also convinced that the Ambassador-class USS Excalibur was one of the ships at Wolf 359, based on "Survival Instinct" where we met that one woman who'd been assimilated. Although the ship's not explicitly mentioned as being at the battle, the timing fits in just about right. And since the Excalibur had been undergoing major repairs that had seen her whole crew reassigned before "Redemption," I think that its presence there would be reasonable. Regardless, I would also point out that there were many battleships destroyed at Pearl Harbor, but most of them were raised and even returned to service. Of the 8 battleships that came under attack, six of them would later participate in the invasions of various Japanese-held islands later in the war, mainly in support of the amphibious landings for coastal bombardment. Therefore, I find it very likely that at least some ships at Wolf 359 were salvaged and returned to service. Take the Excelsior-class Melbourne, for instance. Assuming the Borg didn't vaporize it after it passed off-screen, the damage to the ship would've been only a little worse than that sustained by the Enterprise-E in "Nemesis." Plenty of the rest of the wrecked ships seen in BOBW (in the foreground, those models that were given battle damage) could've probably been restored as well. For all we know, Hanson's GCS could've been salvaged too... although personally, I'm not exactly fond of that idea. The impact of losing a GCS at the battle would be in line with what we've known about the battle. Although, that [i]would[/i] mean that FOUR of the original GCS's were destroyed, then! (Unless the GCS was the Yamato's replacement, which IMO is unlikely since there's only two years time between the Y's destruction and the battle.) (Hmm... perhaps, if the writers had had another major Borg attack later in the series -- not that I'm advocating that idea -- they could've had Hanson of Borg leading the charge that time around... ;) ) UPDATE: Okay, I decided to do a little research on the battleships at Pearl Harbor. According to the [URL=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm]Navy website[/URL], [QUOTE]American technological skill raised and repaired all but three of the ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor (the USS Arizona (BB-39) considered too badly damaged to be salvaged, the USS Oklahoma (BB-37) raised and considered too old to be worth repairing, and the obsolete USS Utah (AG-16) considered not worth the effort).[/QUOTE]Now, depending on the situation and the nature of the damage incurred, it might not be precisely the same situation for all of the ships at Wolf 359. But I see no reason why the Ahwahnee, the Endeavour, the Excalibur, and probably a few others were salvaged and returned to service. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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