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Umm...I assume you're referring to its class designation, in which case it is an Intrepid-class vessel. (Named so for the first ship of that design, the U.S.S. Intrepid NCC-74600.)
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Umm...I assume you're referring to its class designation, in which case it is an Intrepid-class vessel. We can therefore assume that the first ship of that design was named the U.S.S. Intrepid.
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Maybe he meant what ship designation it was, ie, Cruiser, Destroyer, Scout etc...?
I think the Intrepids are listed as 'Light Explorers', although I never really liked that term much. That ground's pretty much covered by the Cruisers.
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Ship classification debates have often degenerated into gallstone-passing contests in the past.
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Last I heard, Sternbach had no idea where the 74600 number came from. I suppose this could have changed since then, though it would be an odd sort of reversal.
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I always liked the designation monitor, it sounds cool and latin. The earth-form of it was of course abanodoned long time ago, but in the Dune-books there are many monitors, heavy "Sardaukar" ones, and light courier ones like from the Bene Gesserit. They were once described as very lean and lithe, with weapons hidden behind panels.
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Last I heard, Sternbach had no idea where the 74600 number came from. I suppose this could have changed since then, though it would be an odd sort of reversal.
That reversal has indeed occurred. Sternbach just recently reaffirmed the number in a post on the TrekBBS (started by yours truly ) where he is a regular poster in the TrekTEch forum.
Also, in the same thread, Alex Rosenzweig (who happens to be a BBS member and moderator) revealed that he at one point communicated with Okuda, who more or less "okayed" a number of NCC-75000 for the U.S.S. Sovereign. (Though this is not quite as firm.)
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Well, then if 74600 is the rego of the class ship, then those DS9 Intrepid variant kitbashes are therefore not made from other vessels. The Elkins' rego is 71XXX, and the Yeager's is 6XXXX (chronologically speaking, of course). Yet more proof that official written publications can be dismissed as non-canon just as easily as Franz Joseph's tech manual was by GR.
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